Industry 4.0.: socio-economic junctures
Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 168, Issue 11-12, Pages: 33-37
Citation information:
Budanov, V., Aseeva, I., & Zvonova, E. (2017). Industry 4.0.: socio-economic junctures. Economic Annals-XXI, 168(11-12), 33-37. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V168-07
Vladimir Budanov
D.Sc. (Philosophy),
PhD (Physics and Mathematics),
Main Research Fellow,
Head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Issues in Scientific and Technological Development of the
Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
12/1 Goncharnaya Str., Moscow, 109240, Russia
budsyn@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-8659
Irina Aseeva
D.Sc. (Philosophy),
Head of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology,
Southwest State University
94, 50 let Oktyabrya Str., Kursk, 305040, Russia
irinaaseeva20111@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4172-7762
Ekaterina Zvonova
PhD (Philosophy),
Senior Lecturer,
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
49 Leningradsky Ave., Moscow, 125993, Russia
inflammatur@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-5268
Industry 4.0.: socio-economic junctures
Abstract. The modern civilization, known as Industry 4.0., is in the midst of a new industrial revolution. It is characterised by the pervasive implementation of convergent technologies, the shift in forms of ownership, fusion of cyber-physical and social realities, endowment of machines with elements of intellect and utilisation of social media in new communication alternatives. Such major social shifts will inevitably instigate a search for new methods of interaction between people and machines in all spheres, including economy, education, industry and everyday life. Gaining awareness of technological, economic and socio-anthropological risks is the primary subject of this paper. The authors analyse various social transformation scenarios, which are fraught with tectonic shifts in the modern society: disappearance of the middle class and unqualified workers, decreasing migration of unskilled workers to Western countries and their self-isolation, and increasing potential migration of the middle class to developing countries. The paper conducts an Umwelt-analysis of both man-machine system development prospects and the danger of the technological singularity, when machines endowed with artificial intelligence may create an economic and political situation that would threaten human strategic domineering and the very existence of humankind. The authors ponder alternative paths for the evolution of humanity through supporting international consolidating megaprojects, establishing network civil society structures, building an economy of trust, releasing mankind’s creative potential and spiritual values in the context of decreased industrial employment spurred on by the deployment of the digital economy, which will require a radical change in the aims and methods of education.
Keywords: Anthropotechnosphere; Socio-anthropological Risks; Digital Economy; Sharing Economy; Social Media; Umwelt; Technological Singularity; Artificial Intelligence
JEL Classification: O30; O39
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V168-07
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Received 10.09.2017