@BarrenPlanet@c.im @janellecshane let's see what educational research has to say about it...

Hmm, it seems there's cramming and there's understanding. Actually, David Perkins from Harvard even wrote a paper titled "Beyond Understanding". It was the introductory chapter of a book on threshold concepts... interesting, isn't it.
http://tales.islab.di.unimi.it/2023/03/13/in-what-exact-way-is-chatgpt-intelligent/