Then what? math, the kind LLMs are making "obsolete" is a pursuit unlike any other. What other field would tickle the kind of mind attracted by math the same way? I doubt they went into it for the money.

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musicale 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Robot monks aren't replacing humans yet, even if their traditional crafts (brewing etc.) could be automated.

Human-crafted religious items and artwork may be more appealing than machine-crafted replicas.

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yuuu 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> 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?

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jack_pp 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's like asking a budding pro basketball player to.. go study machine learning

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		Worked for budding pro football player John Urschel

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techblueberry 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Literally what else? Either you believe the future is AI + Humans, in which case most professions are open to you or you don’t in which case almost none are.

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

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		> 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.