As someone who doesn't work in this field (I'm in boring old Accounting/Finance), but would like to learn this field (both to future-proof my skillset, but also because I have an interest in it), would it be wise for me to learn math?

Is it something that's going to be fundamental for future technologies? I always plan to learn, but end up in a death spiral feeling like I'll invest so much time and energy only for the puck to have moved somewhere completely different.

Would gladly accept any advice :)