Playing against real opponents or against the engine?

I like starting with a game or two against stockfish on a level that is a little higher than what I expect to win against every time, just to "warm up" and to be confident that I haven't forgotten something in my opening. I also like to do that when I'm trying to learn some specific opening or situation. I just go to analysis-board and set up the position I want to learn and play from that position against stockfish. Then I play people and try to set up the situation I've practiced if possible ;)

Both. Some player p!ay like an engine, others r human

play human because you have to learn how to make psyche type moves for instanse you might try to catch the other guy sleeping

@ShootingStar34 yes I do it actually do it always.

@PhOeNiX_01839 Alright.

One aspect in which the engines have to improve: in the endgame where the engine knows that it is going to lose, they consider that the opponent is going to play a perfect game and the engine looks for the longest line until the mate.
That line, although it requires many movements, can be a trivial mate.
A human would think "I'm lost, I'm going to try to complicate things a bit for my opponent" and would look for positions where there is some possibility of stalemate at the risk of receiving a faster mate (if the opponent plays a perfect game).
These positions, therefore, it would be better to train with a human.

Also engines don't understand fortresses.