Antarctica is hiring people to live and work at research stations for months at a time, in one of the most isolated places on Earth. You do not need to be a scientist.

Every dramatic leap in human capability arrives wrapped in apocalyptic forecasts. Whenever machines acquire a new skill—whether spinning yarn, hauling freight, or computing equations—a familiar chorus warns that human labor is about to become obsolete. Today, the rapid advance of artificial intelligence has revived that anxiety with unusual intensity. Pundits warn of a "bonfire" of professional careers, leaving university graduates stranded and white-collar work permanently d