Agreed. Stockfish is a great leveler. Sure, it take intelligence to use an engine properly to analyze games. A lot of the engine recommended moves are going to be unrealistic for a human to find or else not level appropriate for the average pleb. But once you learn how to use your own brain in conjunction with the engine now you basically have a super super GM in your corner to analyze your games with and point out ideas you missed and how you can improve. 24/7 free of charge never gets tired or bored. It makes you marvel at what Bobby Fischer achieved pre engine, all by himself, with none of the state sponsored support structure the soviets enjoyed. Bobby did it all with brain, grit, books, and a portable foldable chess set.

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I always wondered if chess getting younger, more "fun", more meme-worthy, more e-sports-like, was due to computers being better than humans.  The mystique and the prestige of it is a little less than it used to be, and the market responds accordingly.