That is fine to say when it is not your field. I guarantee you feel different when it is the thing you care about, that gives you joy, that defines your status. Think about how many sheldon-equivalents insist on being called Dr. (non medical)
It is part of what people use to define themselves. Its going to hurt. There may even be a Bulterian Jihad
It is clear to me that any competent person with a little patience can now build software better than what I used to build by hand.
Why do physicians insist on calling themselves Dr. (medical)?
Whole sections of the economy are being upheaved by AI, and there is no reason to make a special case for the mathematicians anymore than for the illustrators, developers, translators, HR, etc.
Of course; but it's very hypocritical to raise these feelings only when mathematicians are affected, whereas all the above professions are just told to adapt to the new way of things.
For sure though, translators don't have the same clout and social status as mathematicians do.
Mathematicians do a terrible job here. They use inconsistent symbols they don't even explain. They often obfuscate the main idea just to make the paper longer. If you are not part of a small club you are not meant to understand it. I think this is a terrible approach and I am eagerly waiting for AI to do a better job!
It just seems that this class of mathematicians is being "disrupted".
The field is changing and a new class of mathematicians will take their place.
This happens all the time in fields as technology disrupts them.
A new class of individuals, with different motivations, take the place of the old guard.
I'm sure the motivations of individuals involved in designing and manufacturing cars changed as Henry Ford introduced the factor line.
But that old crop of humans either adapted or retired.
But, plenty of humans took their place with new motivations and automotive technology continued to progress.
I personally feel math will indeed move faster as a result of these breakthroughs. And the humans that take the place of the old guard will have different passions and motivations than the current group.
Maybe the new group will be productivity motivated rather than motivated by the love of tinkering with a single problem for years.
Sounds like salaries for mathematicians need to start going up if we stop paying them with fun.