Artificial intelligence (AI) is the thing these days, with pretty much all major tech companies working on smart, AI-enabled products and services.
What makes all these AI solutions similar is that they need to trained by humans. This is often a cumbersome task that involves hundreds if not thousands of people checking data inputs so that the algorithm can understand what’s the data all about. And that’s where a blockchain-based system could kick in to connect companies developing AI solutions with users who could help them with data labeling and verification.
Enter Dbrain
Dbrain is a blockchain platform that allows anyone with a smartphone to carry out AI-related tasks and be rewarded with cryptocurrency.
According to the company, the vast majority of AI development work — up to 80 percent — is data related, with labeling and maintaining datasets requiring a lot of human effort. To that end Dbrain hopes to solve this conundrum by connecting AI solution makers with users looking for extra work, including those living in lower income countries. For their efforts, these users would earn Dbrain coins (DBR), which can then be turned to regular, fiat currency of choice. Also, users can work as much or as little as they want.
Dbrain uses double verifications to ensure that the data is of high quality, with every data point being double checked. The company calls this system Subjective Proof Of Crowd Work, or SPOCK for short.
Also, Dbrain guarantees the security of data by facilitating the Protocol for Indirect Controlled Access to Repository Data (PICARD), which also provides data scientists with the ability to “train AI models using the datasets without downloading them, and sell AI solutions to business clients later.”
“Dbrain platform integrates AI app lifecycle into a single product that automates most of the human-in-the-loop workflow,” the company explains. “It is currently the only working solution that combines functionality to label data, create customized models, ensure the data security, and validate the markup results with cryptocurrency payments and payouts to both labelers and AI developers.”
An experienced team
Dbrain claims to have an experience team, and its CEO Dmitry Matskevich has previously founded other Big Data companies, flocktory.com — which was sold last year for $20 million — being one of them. The CTO Aleksey Hahunov is also the founder of connectome.ai and R-SEPT.
These credentials have helped the company find a few big partners, including Microsoft, Kupivip and Proskater; as well as some of the most prestigious AI developers in the world.
The company’s main pitch is simple – reduce the data labeling costs up to 90 percent, which is something their clients like to hear. Also, the system rewards users who need money the most, so it’s a win-win for all parties. And we love it for that. 😉