# In 2000, Ted Kaczynski advised against math career due to future AI progress > Source: > Published: 2026-08-23 03:47:05+00:00 Imagine if Ted Kaczynski was just starting his mathematical career today # 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." - 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