So that you can prepare for when the robots take over.
What's the point of playing chess if computers are always going to be better than us?
The fact is if your over 20 year of age and still less than 2000 then there is no hope for professional career in chess and there is no other way to make money from it .
Hence it is just a board game for time pass

im in VR wooo
There is no objective point to playing chess. You play because you like it. Engine chess is just a sideshow to that.