> This should not be surprising at all. Every new students spends tiny fractions of time learning knowledge that took many lifetimes to discover.

This argument is exactly why we should not anthropomorphise models.

You are comparing the way a human brain learn with training a statistical model. You can't just "this is like learning so don't be surprised".

It takes a child one minute to learn how to open a padlock. Teach that to a robot with your analogies.