I wrote about something similar here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@dailybitcoinnews/ai-would-improve-steemit-and-make-this-the-best-system-of-the-world

I see whales (although not all of them) are flawed people who don't deserve that sort of power "steempower". It's really unfortunate, but their greed is what will destroy something that would have been something profound for Mankind. I propose one solution that would be to knock them out and replace them with an AI system smart enough to be like the whales, but dish out rewards to legitimate blogs pertaining to how well done it is - and how it could feed off of upvotes. There's all ton of perimeters that could be implemented, but perhaps my thinking is too far off in the future. Still, to have an AI system which understands human beings and can automatically detect it's quality would be one way. If not AI, then have something else along the lines that would correct this flawed whale system, because all it's going to do is ruin this place. No one will want to take the time to put their content here. Also, I think some of the down price has to do with Bitcoin's ups and down behavior. With all of this said, this is in Beta, and there are growing pains - the people on this site have been only, but profound individuals, so that's still worth it to me to continue pulling and pushing for #steemit. Thanks for posting.