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Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence

Based on 10 assessments · 1 from real users

33% Moderate risk

Average realistic automation risk across all Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence profiles in the dataset.

Raw potential
75%
Realistic risk
33%
Research benchmark ?
55%

Raw potential = I/O automation ceiling. Realistic risk = adjusted for informal knowledge and social context. Research benchmark: Eloundou et al. (2023)

Distribution across 10 profiles. Middle half of Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligences score between 32% and 35%.

0% 50% 100%
p10 · 29%
36% · p90
On-screen work 79%

Done entirely on a computer. High AI exposure — these tasks are already in the automation zone.

In-person + screen 0%

Physical sensing, digital output — e.g. interviewing someone then writing a report. Partially protected.

Computer + action 8%

Computer input, real-world output — needs someone to act on it, not just software.

Fully in-person 13%

No computer required. Furthest from automation — the strongest human advantage.

3 synthetic profiles for a Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, ordered by automation exposure. Tab between them to see how task mix drives the score difference.

Task Time Type Exposure
Presenting findings at lab meetings, conferences, or to stakeholders; creating slides and explaining technical concepts
some context needed
25% DA 12%
Analyzing experimental results, visualizing data, debugging models that underperform, investigating unexpected behaviors
deep expertise social element
20% DD 31%
Collaborating with team members: discussing ideas in meetings, code review, brainstorming problem-solving approaches
deep expertise social element
17% AA 6%
Designing and implementing novel machine learning model architectures, loss functions, and training procedures in code
deep expertise
17% DD 37%
Writing and iterating on research papers: drafting methods, results sections, responding to reviewer feedback
deep expertise social element
9% DD 22%
Running experiments: setting up datasets, hyperparameter tuning, running training jobs, tracking results and metrics
8% DD 87%
Literature review and reading recent papers/preprints to understand state-of-the-art methods and findings in their research area
deep expertise social element
1% DD 29%

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