Technology not only makes our lives easier, but also changes it beyond recognition. Professions are transforming the fastest - and over the past decades, humanity seems to be tired of being afraid of competition from machines. However, now, in light of the coronavirus, we are on the verge of unprecedented automation of work - a future without work is already coming. Will technology completely replace us? What will a world be like where people lose their income and, perhaps, the meaning of life? Or are all these fears groundless and machines will simply help us so that we can devote more time to family and self-development? The book by the English economist and former adviser to the British government Daniel Susskind is a detailed guide to the new economic reality and debunking misconceptions about “replacing humans with robots.” In order to demonstrate the seriousness of the author’s assumptions, we involved new technologies in the publication of the book: the image on the cover was drawn by the Yandex neural network to generate works of contemporary art, and the translation from English was done using Yandex. Translator. We left some of the text fragments without editing so that everyone can be convinced of the incredible capabilities of self-learning algorithms and decide for themselves whether they are our friends or enemies.