I think you are mixing two different discussions. 1) AI is not there 2) Human ingenuity is necessary. With regards to 1) of course it's not there yet. But th

I think you are mixing two different discussions. 1) AI is not there 2) Human ingenuity is necessary. With regards to 1) of course it's not there yet. But the progress is astounding and quite a few things will be possible even before we get to strong AI. With regards to 2) already today there are several areas where technology is better than humans to detect mistakes. In fact we use computers in many cases to test our work. This is an increasing trend and will result in end to end computer design and implemented solutions.