isn't math skills really just pattern analysis and creativity? how is this limited to just the math domain? why are mathematicians worried?
1. Sam Altman et al owns all money, or power and all labor.
2. AI becomes cheap and ubiquitous, everyone "owns it" and we can see the contents of the sausage and modify it as required.
Mathematicians are uniquely placed to help avoid 1 because AI is based on math & algorithms.
It's based on centuries old applied math.