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 tired of fearing competition from machines. However, now, in light of the coronavirus, we stand on the brink of unprecedented labor automation — the future without work is already arriving. Will technology completely replace us? What will the world be like where people lose their income and possibly their sense of purpose? Or are all these fears unfounded, and machines will simply help us so that we can devote more time to family and self-development? The book by English economist and former advisor to the British government Daniel Susskind is a detailed guide to the new economic reality and a debunking of misconceptions about the “replacement of humans by robots.” To demonstrate the seriousness of the author's assumptions, we used new technologies in the publication of the book: the cover image is created by Yandex’s neural network for generating contemporary art, and the translation from English was done using Yandex.Translate. We left some text fragments unedited so that everyone can witness the incredible capabilities of self-learning algorithms and decide for themselves whether they are friends or foes.