the videos I make are processed through AI - I tell it the effects, and it then writes the ffmpeg commands 😎

I even got it to write a script to add subtitles to my video with a custom color for lyrics

so yeah, you can be dependent on it, but I think so long as you're actively stretching your imagination - you're still learning, and there's still chance you can retroactively study what happened, should you want to integrate the concepts without AI