Disagree that it's the equivalent of SO. Unlike SO, I can ask it why it is doing something and as a result I can better understand what it writes, I can create

Disagree that it's the equivalent of SO. Unlike SO, I can ask it why it is doing something and as a result I can better understand what it writes, I can create little test cases, and make sure it's not going to do anything destructive or incorrect. Given the fact that I only ever write bash scripts when I need to "make computer do thing now now now now now" the likelihood that I would ever take the time to deeply learn the ins and outs of bash are slim to none. I can ask it to explain certain constructs and give me worked examples very quickly to improve my understanding. Even though I can't say I could reproduce all the various things that it has written for me, I know things that bash can do that I was never aware of before, and I can recognise lots of things in the syntax now that would previously have looked like gibberish.