here me out /sci/...
>automation and UBI
it's no secret that automation removes more human jobs than it creates and more societies are advocating for UBI... eventually we may get to the point where all manual labor as well as service jobs will be replaced by automatons.
one of the last bastions will be scientific research (though some camps will argue that AI can dominate the research field
>but low IQ plebs
there's always something to gain in academia for at all levels of intelligence, primarily labs still need grunt work....
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all that's left is for humans to come as a collective and push the boundaries of our species and academia will have to thrive