> The important part is a human-auditable directive, not an opaque, generated artifact as the thing that matters.

Your arguments create a false dichotomy. You look at it from consumer perspective, while coding and it's artifacts are usually done by suppliers. If you change camcorder to tv advertisement, the requirements shift. The human auditable directive and the outcome matter. Coca Cola probably has very high standards for their IP (the directive) and doesn't care about the outcome (AI slop ads). The result is disgruntled consumers.

If you don't care about the "opaque" generated artifact, the you are Coca Cola.