2025 WSC Key Terms (Part 3: page 91-114)

Generative AI models often rely on large datasets scraped from existing popular content.

What brain region is said to boost creative abilities when stimulated?

What is the rhythm game Osu! known for?

What historical period does Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” cover?

What are arcologies designed to do?

What is the neocortex responsible for?

What form is Dylan Thomas’s poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night written in?

What does the MindBeagle device allow locked-in patients to do?

“A TV Show Called Earth” imagines humans being watched by aliens.

What does System 1 processing involve?

Which music producer worked with IBM’s Watson?

Which artist is associated with the phrase “Space is the Place”?

What is Giacomo Balla's artwork "Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash" best known for?

What was Napoleon’s attitude toward women hosting salons?

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) already exists and is used daily.

Julie Carr felt constrained by writing only 14-line poems in Real Life: An Installation.

The Launch Arcology has systems that could support inhabitants for up to 20 years.

What did the game Space Invaders introduce to video game music in 1978?

What constraint did Matthew Tomkinson use in his poetry collection oems?

What happens to patients in solitary confinement for extended periods?

Afrofuturism focuses only on fantasy and ignores real-world issues.

What poetic technique uses the last word of each line to form another poem?

Which 2018 rhythm game uses motion capture and became a global franchise?

REM sleep is the stage of sleep when most dreams occur.

What does the game Terra Nil focus on?

What musical instrument is central to the rhythm game Deemo?

The default mode network becomes active during intense focus and problem-solving.

Whose salon included a temple tucked into a garden?

Chiptune music uses modern orchestra instruments.

What was updated in Alanis Morissette’s 2015 version of “Ironic”?

What is the hippocampus responsible for?

Tap Tap Revenge was popular on early smartphones.

What is a common issue with spontaneous excitement from a new idea?

What is the major difference between K.D. Lang’s “Surrender” and Sheryl Crow’s “Tomorrow Never Dies”?

What is chiptune music mainly characterized by?

“Pure Imagination” was sung by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

What is the central idea behind the Solarpunk movement?

“Imagine” by Common aligns with Solarpunk values.

What is the Alternate Uses Test used to assess?

Which artist created a satirical song titled “So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)”?

Which arcology is described as “solid as a rock” and linked with heavy industry?

Mind wandering can lead to creative insights.

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti is known for celebrating the past and tradition in his writings.

Stitch Fix uses AI to recommend clothing styles based on user preferences.

Nature experiences can help reduce stress and increase feelings of connectedness.

Atompunk imagines a future where digital technology becomes smaller and more efficient.

What is “model collapse” in AI?

What makes the Forest Arcology unique?

Beatmania helped launch a wave of rhythm games like DDR and Pop N’ Music.

What do players use to interact in the VR rhythm game Beat Saber?

What company used “Imagineering” in an ad during World War II?

Which American salon host was part of the Harlem Renaissance?

What AI artwork sold for $432,500?

What condition involves complete paralysis except for eye movement, while mental awareness remains intact?

What concept involves slightly altering familiar reality to make people think?

What 2016 short film features a girl living in a simulation created by her father?

What is “combinational creativity”?

Gertrude Stein’s salon attracted artists like Picasso.

What is hypnagogia?

The United Nations considers solitary confinement longer than 15 days as torture.

What did Ogilvy Paris use DALL-E to create?

Disney was the first to use the term "Imagineering."

Who declared her salon to be its own country within her heart, while forbidding love?