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Yeah, that's the big irony of this all: natural language is pretty much the worst way of conveying information for any task that's even slightly technical. There's a reason why architects don't just tell the construction workers what the building is supposed to look like.
The one thing it does have going for it is accessibility, but unfortunately, it doesn't lead to transferable skills. Like, if you do something like building with Legos, cardboard crafts, make collages from magazine clippings etc. and you want to start doing something more advanced, say, carpentry or graphic design, then what you've learned previously is still valuable. But if you just vaguely order an AI around until in produces something that "looks about right", all you've gained is the skill set of a clueless executive and the limits of the model are your limits.