Impact of digital transformation on the modern socio-economic order

Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2020.23.3.4
  • Olga A. Alekseeva Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation alekseeva_oa@list.ru ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-0015
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  • Oksana Yu. Bestuzheva Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation bestoujeva@gmail.com
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  • Olga N. Vershinskaya Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation vershinskaya@mail.ru
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  • Elena E. Skvortsova Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation skvortsova_e@mail.ru ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-7247
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Acknowledgments
The study was carried out within the framework of research under the State assignment «Analysis of the activities of the population of Russian regions in the sphere of financial behavior, dissemination of information technologies, natural and migration movement» (No. 0165-2018-0005)
How to Cite
Alekseeva O.A., Bestuzheva O.Y., Vershinskaya O.N., Skvortsova E.E. Impact of digital transformation on the modern socio-economic order. Population. 2020. Vol. 23. No. 3. P. 36-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2020.23.3.4

Abstract

The socio-economic order is changing in the 21st century due to the digitalization and robotization of production and management processes, the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The technological stages and directions of digital transformation and the area of its application are briefly described in the article. Both the positive and negative likely impact of AI on human social life are analyzed. The role of AI in improving the quality of life of the population is shown, including overcoming of destructive consequences associated with the COVID-19. The humanitarian benefits associated with the functional use of AI technologies are presented: online interactions provide new opportunities for communication, effective organization of life, for education, work, self-expression and creativity. Challenges and threats to humanity in the process of interaction with AI are Identified and systematized: a person's loss of control over his personal life, taking away work from a person by AI, replacement of professions, changes in employment, digital inequality, reduction of cognitive, social and life skills people, potential ethical conflicts. Ways are outlined by which people could join forces in solving threatening problems and maintaining control over complex networks «people-digit».
Keywords:
digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), socio-economic order, human development trajectories, employment of the population, digital skills, digital inequality, ethical conflicts, COVID-19

Author Biographies

Olga A. Alekseeva, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Senior Researcher, Laboratory for Researches on Socio-Economic and Informational Development of Territories
Oksana Yu. Bestuzheva, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Senior Researcher, Laboratory for Researches on Socio-Economic and Informational Development of Territories
Olga N. Vershinskaya, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation
Dr. Sc. (Econ.), Chief Researcher, Laboratory for Researches on Socio-Economic and Informational Development of Territories
Elena E. Skvortsova, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Researcher, Laboratory for Researches on Socio-Economic and Informational Development of Territories

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Received: 04.07.2020

Accepted: 25.09.2020

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Alekseeva, O. A., Bestuzheva, O. Y., Vershinskaya, O. N., & Skvortsova, E. E. (2020). Impact of digital transformation on the modern socio-economic order. Population, 23(3), 36-47. https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2020.23.3.4
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Vol 23 No 3 (2020): Population
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QUALITY, STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE