МАРКСИСТСКИЙ ЗАКОН СООТВЕТСТВИЯ ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ ХАРАКТЕРУ И УРОВНЮ РАЗВИТИЯ ПРОИЗВОДИТЕЛЬНЫХ СИЛ И СОВРЕМЕННОСТЬ

Abstract

This article considers the effect of Marx’s law of correspondence of production relations to the nature and level of development of productive forces in the context of modernity. It proves that this law has shown its scientific validity and retains its relevance in the conditions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (the sixth technological mode, the sixth information revolution). In modern terminology, digital technological tools, associated primarily with artificial intelligence and cognitive technologies, as well as the Internet of Things, global industrial networks, nano- and biotechnologies, genetic engineering, etc., act as productive forces. Economic (production) relations are represented by social and labour relations, which are specific in the new wave of innovation, characterized by the widespread use of forms of part-time and non-standard employment, the blurring of boundaries between work and leisure, the leveling of differences between workers and employers, producers and consumers, giving the labour market a mobile, but unstable character, and eroding the foundation of the social structure of society. The contradiction between productive forces and production relations can be resolved through the occurrence of a certain turning point, which has a revolutionary character. The article shows that the modern world is at the point of technological singularity, the exit from which can be found in the path of civilizational movement along one of two options: either cybertyranny or cyberdemocracy. Examples are given to demonstrate the danger of technological risks associated with the negative impact of Industry 4.0 in the form of cyber tyranny. The ethical implications of digital technologies that are not socially neutral depend directly on the intentions of the actors using them.