How to motivate your teen to be self disciplined?

I guess as long as it doesnt affect his life/ studies, its ok?

Hmm, have a healthy dicussion without making any disparaging remarks on him. Engage with your son as a young adult and dont treat him like as if he was an ignorant kid. Many parents cannot 'talk' to their kids mainly because they treat their kids like someone without opinion, immature, ignorant, etc. Of course the kids hate that treatment and refuse to talk with their parents.

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Gaming is alright as long as healthy boundaries are set. So please dont ban your kids to game.

I need to be frank here because I see this a lot:

1. If he tops his class, then perhaps his study routine is delivering results? Are you worried that he may encounter something that requires him to study harder no matter what?
2. Machine Learning (I assume ML means that) can be a good destressor and a strong skill to have in the future. Many people are killing to have your son's interest and skillset and I argue it will replace many jobs currently held by the people who "worked hard in school" right now.
3. If your idea of comfort is that a child must study all day and do nothing else, I can safely tell you that you are making the mistake many other parents are making. Most places are looking for results, automation and efficiencies these days, not clocking long hours being inefficient or face time (companies who do this do not perform well financially and lack the ability to become major companies)

So please, unless your child is struggling and says they need your help, please leave them be. The world no longer respects the old traditions of studying/working too hard and has moved on. Your child probably knows this.

Wont you be More worried if he is bottom of his class, and obsessed with something else?