Peter Thiel warned AI is coming for ‘math people before word people.’ Banks have already said smaller headcounts are possible

The latest string of layoff announcements has stoked fears of an AI-powered jobs apocalypse, though the sectors seeing big losses echo a previous warning from tech billionaire Peter Thiel.

“It seems much worse for the math people than the word people,” he said in a recently resurfaced clip from a 2024 interview.

He added that even in STEM fields currently untouched by AI automation, such as medical care, math skills will be less relevant as a barrier to entry.

“If you want to go to medical school...