"Writing code and building products" isn't engineering.

I think it's true that making software has gotten more accessible. That's been happening for a long time. I remember the whole deal about "low code and no code platforms are going to make software engineers obsolete", and that never happened. Various platforms offered tools for non-developers to work with data and build integrations, but the most complex work still required people with expertise in design and testing.

Someone like Samuel Florman would probably point out the social responsibilities that come with engineering, Henry Petroski would talk about how the people who are using AI tools and "vibe coding" don't have an understanding of edge cases and failure, and Eugene Ferguson would talk about how AI tools create a gap between prompts and design in the mind's eye. People with different takes on what it means to do engineering would find that an engineer can use AI tools in their work, but creating software with an AI tool isn't inherently engineering.