Meta’s New A.I. Agent For Losers (via):

What do you mean you had your robot shop for collectible ceramics? Is there any other part of collecting ceramics as a hobby besides shopping for them? Is your hobby now “having bowls?” Hi, I’m Eli Tan, writer for the New York Times. In my leisure time I enjoy owning dishes.

As a flashlight nerd (aka collector), this spoke to me. Yeah, I own (a lot of) flashlights, but, yeah, shopping for, thinking about buying, or even impulse buying is most of the fun of collecting.

And this bit:

This is my life. These are the things that life consists of. There’s my work, there’s my hobbies, there’s my health, my future. All the big meaningful elements of life are just a collection of little tasks that you have to do one at a time.