It's this one, but different careers will diminish at different rates. Mathematics was already not financially well rewarded, and current AI is basically better than everyone in the field.
> this very attitude could lead to AI creating one of the biggest slowdowns in progress in history
I think there are enough young people with pre-AI experience that we'll probably develop superintelligence before they retire, so I don't really think a near-term lack of fresh talent will result in any significant slowdown.
Then why are frontier labs ploughing millions into racing human math researchers when they're already cash-strapped? What's the ROI for that?
> we'll probably develop superintelligence before they retire.
That ship has sailed:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/inau...
Ironically, this very attitude could lead to AI creating one of the biggest slowdowns in progress in history.