"exponential growth of crappy X" applies to every industry that went from being an artisanal craft to being mass produced with little or no human input. and we live much better lives than we did before the industrial revolution.

I think some industries have notably high quality output. Automobiles, aerospace for example.

most industries have high cost of entrance unlike software, so decision makers are way more careful on how to move forward.

In software + GenAI now every housewife can build some App over evening.