Human and technology revolution as a global challenge
A brief overview is given of the technological breakthroughs that marked the beginning of the previous three industrial revolutions, before the fourth - digital - revolution and the global challenges it poses are examined in more detail. The myths associated with the adoption of new technology and artificial intelligence in the industry (the threat of mass unemployment, human empowerment) are discussed and the potential threats are listed of the digital revolution (the emergence of new types of crime and terrorism, prerequisites for the degradation of human intelligence, and negative environmental impacts). The author believes that the central research problem in the modern economics should be formulating models of socio-economic development adequately reflecting the global transformations associated with the development of digital technology.