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There are certain moments in life when you discover something that permanently changes the way you look at the world. Finding out Santa Claus wasn't real. Learning that your high school guidance counselor was mostly guessing. Realizing the "terms and conditions" button is actually a legally binding agreement nobody has ever read. And now, thanks to The Atlantic , I can add another life-altering revelation to the list: Apparently, there is a searchable database that allows me to look up music that was allegedly used to train artificial intelligence. Wonderful. Just absolutely wonderful. For years we've been told that artificial intelligence learns from "vast amounts of publicly available information." That's always sounded reassuringly vague. It's the technological equivalent of hearing a politician say they're working with "stakeholders." Nobody knows what it means, but everyone nods along anyway. Then one day someone create...