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I agree. I think it comes down to the motivation behind why one does mathematics (or any other field for that matter). If it's a means to an end, then sure have the AI do the work and get rid of the researchers. However, that's not why everyone does math. For many it's more akin to why an artist paints. People still paint today even though a camera can produce much more realistic images. It was probably the case (I'm guessing!) that there was a significant drop in jobs for artists-for-hire, for whom painting was just a means to an end (e.g. creating a portrait), but the artists who were doing it for the sake of art survived and were presumably made better by the ability to see photos of other places they want to paint or art from other artists due to the invention of the camera.