tl;dr: OpenAI's recent release of hundreds of mathematical proofs—some solving centuries-old problems—has provoked grief and disorientation among mathematicians, with Fields Medalist Hugo Duminil-Copin and Cornell's Steven Strogatz describing tears and a sense their field has been "annihilated." The author argues their mourning isn't just bruised ego but reflects something deeper: science is both a craft and a multi-generational human conversation, and AI's arrival threatens to end that dialogue by completing the quest without participating in the relationship. Mathematicians are first, but physicists, economists, and writers may be next.