Life Form No. 4 is people strengthened with implants and artificial intelligence. We’re talking about the near future: already today machines can learn nonstop, AI becomes smarter and cheaper, and the range of its capabilities expands every day. Yevgeny Chereshnev—a visionary, the first Russian IT speaker at TED New York, entrepreneur, and bionics specialist—describes AI as a step in the evolution of life on our planet. He analyzed the history of thinking machines and modern data analysis methods, discussed the impact of automation on society, family, the economy, and geopolitics, and covered tools for protection against tracking and digital threats. Most importantly, he showed what the world of the 22nd century might look like, where no one will be able to disconnect from the global network—and where the need for many areas of human activity will disappear completely. To avoid becoming slaves in a world of intelligent robots, we must remember machine ethics, establish rules for collecting and analyzing data, and—most importantly—understand how artificial intelligence works and evolves. That’s what this book is about, along with many other aspects of AI.