Our goal is to analyze the advanced manufacturing (industry 4.0) and their impact on the organization of the world of work in standing between two extremes: the luddite pessimism and naive optimism. To do so, we will make an explanation about the current phase of industrial economy called the fourth industrial revolution and the importance of this type of industry in it. At this way, the concept of social precarization of labor is essential to understand the negative impacts of these innovations. In this context, we will try to answer, even preliminarily, the question of what possible and necessary policies are to prevent negative impacts on workers in general
