In 2000, Ted Kaczynski advised against math career due to future AI progress

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nk on X: "@Quasilocal I don't know if you know that one, but he had a letter exchange in 2000, out of prison, where he advises against going into math because that job would be taken by AI." / X<br>Post

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nk on X: "@Quasilocal I don't know if you know that one, but he had a letter exchange in 2000, out of prison, where he advises against going into math because that job would be taken by AI."

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Imagine if Ted Kaczynski was just starting his mathematical career today

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I don't know if you know that one, but he had a letter exchange in 2000, out of prison, where he advises against going into math because that job would be taken by AI.

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Wow, that’s prescient! Did this guy write anything else?

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@Quasilocal

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Wow I did not know about this at all. I actually kind of wish he lived to see it happen

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