Dbrain pitches a new token paying users crypto to train artificial intelligence

One of the continuing challenges that artificial intelligence programs face is how they receive and process the information they need to take actions. While the algorithmic tools that developers have harnessed to automate a dizzying number of different processes are incredibly good at processing information, these machine learning programs need to be taught what information to process -- and for now it's up to the humans that AI will eventually replace to train them. Dbrain, is a new startup that's aiming to make sure that if people are going to be replaced by machines, they can at least get paid to train their replacements. With a pitch that "Dbrain makes AI happen", the company is offering to pay users of its service in a cryptocurrency for the privilege of teaching machine learning-based programs what to learn. The company says it's aiming its tokens at the roughly 2 billion underbanked who don't have access to traditional bank accounts and therefore can't take advantage of the opportunity to train artificial intelligence.