I like the analogy of the carpenter building the form that the masons used to build the bridge.

I think it is pretty accurate for today's software construction based on a lot of posts here and on other forum threads.

Software programmers today using AI just flesh out the frame of the product that they want to build then they fill that frame with AI slurry, their concrete, and that becomes the new application. There's likely a lot of stuff in there that they didn't need but it serves as structural elements once the slurry sets and the product is ready for use. Some of those elements doom it to failure in the same way that rusty rebar dooms a concrete structure with enough time.