Would the famous mathematicians of the last few centuries be as prolific if they were born in 21st century?

Famous mathematicians such as Leibniz, Newton, Euler, Gauss and others were geniuses to be sure. But how much of their work was due to the fact that at their time there were a lot of low hanging fruits so to speak. I have seen this idea being discussed on physics forums about the 20th century physicists. They were obviously very talented people but there were a lot to be discovered too, specially in the field of quantum mechanics.

I am wondering if this also applies to the famous people of mathematics. How prolific would they be if they were born today?

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