Yes
without an AI "tutor", the exploration would be a lot more frustrating and hit-and-miss
inglor_cz on Hacker News
In the thread “AI made coding more enjoyable”
Helped: AI explained internal mechanisms and logic while producing artifacts.
… My work often entails tweaking, fixing, extending of some fairly complex products and libraries, and AI will explain various internal mechanisms and logic of those products to me while producing the necessary artifacts. Sure my resulting understanding is shallow, but shallow precedes deep, and without an AI "tutor", the exploration would be a lot more frustrating and hit-and-miss.