This is like saying a sculpture always existed, the sculptor just had to remove the superfluous material.

Or like a musical octave has only 12 semitones, so all music is just a selection from a finite set that already existed.

Sure the insane computation we're throwing at this changes our perspective, but still there is an important distinction.

Bob Ross would like a word. He frequently talked about objects or features already existing, and using the tools at his disposal to “find” them.

The difference is that math answers (can answer) specific questions.

Like, "does the Riemann zeta function have zeroes that don't have real part 1/2," or "is there a better solution to the Erdős Unit Distance Problem."

The selection of question is matter of taste, but once selected, there is a definitive precise answer.