AI Sportsifies Human Skills

Historically, once machines take over practical tasks, human abilities persist as sport, art, or ritual (e.g., lifting → Strongman, travel → marathons/equestrian, realism → abstract art, chess vs engines). If AI automates cognition, many intellectual skills may survive mainly as competitive displays and entertainment rather than workplace utility. — This reframes AI’s impact from jobs to culture, suggesting education, status, and identity will shift toward performance arenas rather than production.