How it already works: Arrange to get paid to do it by someone, or find a way to monetize it. The uniqueness of an idea is not what you're actually selling even

How it already works: Arrange to get paid to do it by someone, or find a way to monetize it. The uniqueness of an idea is not what you're actually selling even in the current context, and the idea that you can go do some R&D as an individual with no funding and then stop a massive corporation from "stealing" that idea and productizing it with IP is a fantasy at best.