“Why do I need to know math when calculators exist?”.

Because calculators do arithmetic, not maths. The same fallacies apply to AI. Language is subtly used for communication between humans.

From a utilitarian viewpoint, I find that the Kurds, Croatians, Finns, Hungarians, Hebrew speakers, Tamilians, Malayalis, Hindi speakers come across appreciate it when I make an effort to use the little Kurmanji, Suomi, Magyar and Ivrit, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi that I know.

More importantly languages are interesting !

I am back to working on my Finnish now and the grammar and sentences are fascinating !

Why should you learn to play the piano even though records of far greater virtuosos than you exist?

A "thing" has value outside of its monetary commoditization.

And if you really need a reason, there's growing evidence that bilingualism can help ward off neurocognitive disorders in one's old age.

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id say chinese, arabic, even russian or french, make more sense as a second language