There is a Japanese animation from 2009 called Eden of the East, in which the main character funds a software startup that has a product which is very similar t

There is a Japanese animation from 2009 called Eden of the East, in which the main character funds a software startup that has a product which is very similar to that: take pictures on your phone and tap onto a network of users to identify objects in the picture, while at the same time training its AI capabilities based on the responses people give I'm not really trying to make any particular point, it's a pretty clever series that touches on japanese social issues though. And I guess I'm agreeing with the OP in that ideas can come from anywhere.