AI exposure
Scientist: will AI take this job?
30%Mostly safe
AI can read 10,000 papers. It still needs someone to run the experiment that fails 40 times.
Why
Literature review and analysis are accelerated. Asking new questions and lab work stay human.
Where to look next
- AI-for-science researcher
- Science communicator
- R&D in industry
What AI already does
- Literature review
- Data analysis
- Drafting papers
What stays human
- New questions
- Lab work
- Peer judgement
Skills worth learning — Education & science
- Teaching with AI
- Mentoring and motivation
- Research methods and critical thinking