Yes, this matches my experience - generated slop may help you realize what you don't understand very well yet and somewhat accelerate your learning, but you won

Yes, this matches my experience - generated slop may help you realize what you don't understand very well yet and somewhat accelerate your learning, but you won't cut any shortcuts this way. You will only manage to do it once you actually understand how to do it, as only at that point you know how to guide the LLM to success.