Surely the point of compression is that what you are compressing is preserved. i.e. the uncompressed version is roughly reproduced. Better compression means you preserve the important aspects while using less space.
Shouldn’t the goal be preserved by the compression? I don’t get this post at all.
Wouldn’t a goal be mainly “past” data though? Though I guess the application of the goal depends on recognizing features when trying to apply it. I guess it depends how far out of context/distribution one is trying to apply the goal in the future.