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

In 2000, Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, advised a correspondent against pursuing a career in mathematics, predicting that the job would be taken over by artificial intelligence, according to a post on X by user nk. The exchange, which occurred while Kaczynski was imprisoned, has drawn attention for its foresight regarding AI's impact on the field.

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In 2000, Ted Kaczynski advised against math career due to future AI progress
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Imagine if Ted Kaczynski was just starting his mathematical career today

  • 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.
  • Wow, that’s prescient! Did this guy write anything else?
  • Wow I did not know about this at all. I actually kind of wish he lived to see it happen
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