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.

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