> computation is mathematics, as software is. So, my example tracks the same way in mathematics.

brother i already addressed this literally in my first response to you: the reason software went to shit is because it became commodified (ie a thing produced in a factory) not because it's computational nor because the bar got lowered. seriously read my whole original reply again and see whether you really disagree before just re-asserting your rant on SWE.

> Finding solutions without understanding its parts or the path

you didn't read the post at all did you? it's emphatically about deep understanding over blind results.

> Using AI too much blunts critical thinking skills in some, as I read.

irony