Yeah, but how many of those mathematicians still do math?
It's like engineers in post-Communist European countries, sure there were tons of graduates, but 80% of them were doing something else than the thing they graduated in.
It's like engineers in post-Communist European countries, sure there were tons of graduates, but 80% of them were doing something else than the thing they graduated in.
But that's what everyone is lamenting the loss of, that AI is taking that specific job.
Going through forced detours in life doesn't make it a "good choice".
The good choices are the ones where people finish their studies/apprenticeships and then immediately work in their direct field. For example a law student becoming a lawyer.
At most I'd consider that a "mediocre choice".