@assayer
I guess 1 $LUM requirement is for "skin in the game" and to prevent setting up hundreds of self-voting bots and draining the rewards, I'm not sure really. Is this proof that Hinton is right? For now, maybe. On the long run @aethernet proposed using AI to "helps identify valuable contributions that might be overlooked by traditional markets, especially from underserved communities - not just financial, but social, cultural, and educational". For this kind of value you do not need initial capital. Hope some smart AI can somewhat get there around the training obstacles you are pointing too.