> I don't think most software is like solving a math problem or series of math problems.

I agree with you when talking about high level software design. As you say it ultimately boils down to building something people will pay for, which is a fuzzy correctness function that is hard to measure within an agentic sandbox.

But unlike other professions, there are a lot of sub-problems within software development that are able to be fully specified and tested via text generation. And I think the developers of AI overestimate how many such problems exist for other professions. What I’m saying is most other professions tend to be “fuzzy all the way down”… which incidentally is why they select for people with fuzzier skillsets. Or in other cases, like physical engineering, the correctness is quantitative, but the necessary I/O integrations and physical automation lower the ROI of agentic workflows considerably.