In certain contexts there is no folk and The Beatles were a vocal ensemble... not rock & roll.

The academic's taboo are still taboo behaviors (sorta, kinda.) The open discussion of said behaviors are now formal, written, mandatory environmental, social, corporate governance, diversity, equity and inclusiveness policy and procedural requirements in all Anglo-American arts and sciences. There are no exemptions for AI engineering.

In bot think, 20th century folk art's semi-monopoly on taboo discussion has been mainstreamed establishment shibboleth for most of this century.