It's a force multiplier. Hexbear tends to hate on it reflexively which, given the externalities, makes sense. But to write it off as useless is a mistake. The models are constantly improving, and to your point there are real and valuable applications. The hard part is separating the signal from the noise.
I spent all day working on a learning tower for my daughter. It was fun but I'm beat now and there was a ton of stuff I meant to do that just got put off another week
Who built the cages Joe