You are absolutely right. One cannot hope to control any process with computers unless one had a thorough understanding of the the process. Some geek in an office has no understanding of how an aircraft flies or a power plant works. And enough of this AI nonsense. There is no such thing. There in fact seems to be a distinct lack of actual intelligence. There are incredibly capable algorithms and machines but they are not intelligent. They don’t reason. An idiot savant is not a polymath.
I am glad there are a few people such as yourself who understand software creation.