Medium risk
The verdict
Parts of the job will be automated, but the role itself should change rather than disappear.
What AI already does
AI reads papers, suggests experiments and analyses data.
What stays human
Lab work, new ideas and deciding what is true.
What to learn next
AI for science, lab automation, statistics.
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Sources: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025; IMF, "Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work" (2024); ILO, "Generative AI and Jobs" (2023, updated 2025); Eloundou et al., "GPTs are GPTs" (2023); Frey and Osborne, "The Future of Employment" (2013). Scores are RoboDoom's own estimates, see how we score.
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