I am not surprised that this cage rattling of the academy landed on the front page of the NYT during this period of economic and political tumult. Mathematics can, and it should be an open question if it should, exist independently of provenance. I don't see mathematicians speaking with altitude about the economy of provenance; where AI may be dis-incentivizing mathematicians by eroding discovery claims; I see only entitled affront. But perhaps, if they are being honest, the glory of discovery is viewed as a critical motivator. If so, mathematics is thus imperiled by human vanity, not AI. The same logic applies to thinking and grappling with proofs -- it is a human choice to turn off your thinking. AI is attributed with false agency here.