Very few of us have the luxury or good fortune to achieve anything of substance without effort, as the old saying goes 'no pain, no gain'.

Good teachers help and are essential for encouragement. If or when AI becomes a truly encouraging mentor then it will be useful.

When a kid I recall hearing a recording of Sparky's Magic Piano on the radio which drove home that there's no shortcut and that effort and hard work eventually pay off. For anyone that hasn't heard it there's a copy on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/78_sparkys-magic-piano_henry-bla...

Here's a Wiki synopsis: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparky%27s_Magic_Piano