Everything verifiable will be automated: how scientists stay relevant alongside AI scientists
thoefler · x · 2026-09-14
At the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF26), Thomas Hefler argued that in an era of AI scientists, everything verifiable will be automated — so human scientists should work on problems that are not machine-verifiable to stay relevant.
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