I read this multiple times and also recollected the original letter. You can’t really blame me for thinking this is a straaaange request.

“Don’t help me solve my problems because it removes the incentive to be in this field” is how I hear it. Honestly.

I would say the incentives HAVE to change because of new found capabilities.

Imagine accountants asking companies to reconsider producing calculators because we used to value accountants for how well they did arithmetic!!

Edit: my main point is that the math community has full agency to do what it wants with new found tech. Instead, asking to change external entities like OpenAI to be careful with releases is a strange thing to do. Why not change yourself and adapt?