It touches on some interesting stuff about what we find interesting in communication, or really, an information-theoretic exploration of the same -- in other words, part of the "reward" is not the usual way we think about rewards, but an inherent property in the communication itself.

I hadn't thought of it the way that you framed it here, but I do agree, there's such tremendous alpha in getting to ask all your dumb questions, basically for free. When I talk to GPT, in the back of my mind I have a process that asks: how much would I have to pay a consultant to give me this answer, and how long would it take to get it? And the answer is often $300 / hour and a week; vs two cents and twenty seconds.