Federal science policy has been reorganized around a single thesis: that AI companies can do what public agencies did, faster and more efficiently. The Genesis Project's 26 priorities, as described by observers tracking the rollout [6], are not a supplement to existing agency missions — they replace them. NSF, NASA, NIST, and NIH lose their independent research mandates and are reoriented toward data monetization partnerships with AI companies. The framing the administration chose — acceleration rather than privatization — is doing significant work. It names a speed and conceals a…