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Was so happy to read this, thank you for posting.

This is also very useful for legal situations.

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It’s good marketing because people perceive mathematicians as the smartest of the smart.

> in which case almost none are

It's this one, but different careers will diminish at different rates. Mathematics was already not financially well rewarded, and current AI is basically better than everyone in the field.

> this very attitude could lead to AI creating one of the biggest slowdowns in progress in history

I think there are enough young people with pre-AI experience that we'll probably develop superintelligence before they retire, so I don't really think a near-term lack of fresh talent will result in any significant slowdown.

> I doubt they went into it for the money.

I assumed the student ultimately wants a career that is financially viable.

> Then what?

Literally anything else?

I would probably tell them to not study math.

Yeah, for someone stating how important mathematics is, their reasoning is leaky as hell.

don't feed the trolls

I thought he was giving away 99% of his wealth?

I would bet that the parents of math PhDs are generally more privileged than the parents of construction workers.

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