AI Proves the Value of 'Useless' Hobbies
shakoistsLog · x · 2026-07-16
The post argues that the AI revolution will ironically prove the value of seemingly useless, data-driven hobbies.
For example, spending your youth posting on Reddit or recording Minecraft videos might have felt like pure leisure, but in hindsight, this content and behavioral data can become valuable training material. The author expresses this irony of a "datafied life" with a humorous and exaggerated tone.
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