Yuen: Soccer’s biggest barrier isn’t talent. It’s money.

Financial constraints represent the primary obstacle for American children aspiring to play soccer, despite the sport's universal appeal highlighted by the World Cup. Similarly, the most significant barrier to AI success is not the AI technology itself, but rather the underlying data infrastructure. Both domains demonstrate that external systemic limitations, whether economic costs in athletics or technical infrastructure in computing, fundamentally impede the realization of full potential and widespread success across these diverse fields.