I also struggle with them, personally I play safe, see how the play and then I try to make good moves. An other thing is just look, you have as much time as you want look if you are in danger with this move. Hope this helps you
Do they help us get better? I was thinking one thing to do was use them to practice new openings I’m learning so I can drill them and after the first few moves I can just quit the bot and go again, which is rude against a human.