Millennial in Facing Society 5.0: Expectations and Anxiety of Millennial Generation towards Society 5.0 Sampoerno 1 , Seto Herwandito 2 Faculty of Social Science and Communication, Satya Wacana Christian University, Indonesia 1,2 {sam_management@yahoo.com 1 , sherwandito@gmail.com 2 } Abstract. The presence of robots or Artificial Intelligence (A.I) become real in World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on January 23, 2019, in Davos, Switzerland. Japan became the country carrying Society 5.0. A human-centered society that balances economic progress by solving social problems through a system that profoundly integrates virtual space and physical space. Millennials, or Generation Y, known as multitasking and nimble, are interesting to study. However, what if the job or business was taken over by A.I? How to guarantee that millennial is the leading much player in terms of work, not AI or ICT? This research aims to find out about the expectations and anxieties of the millennial generation towards society 5.0. To gather data, this research using focus group discussion and in-depth interviews. Three groups from 3 different universities in Salatiga-Central Java became participants. Total participants are 14 students from millennial generations. The results are that human or individual traits tend to be mechanical or mechanistic because everything is organized, accurate, and completely autonomous (automatic). Anxiety will only occur or experienced by a group/people that are not ready with the presence of Society 5.0. Keywords: Adaptive; Anxiety; Expectations; Millennial Generation; Society 5.0 1 Introduction In 1969 the world was shocked by the presence of the internet, which was initially a computer network created by a United States Defense Agency (ARPA). The internet has emerged and has changed the world to become all-digital, where we used to live in the era of "printing" now we live in the digital era. The above descriptions are a feature of Industry 4.0, where the concept of factories and machines tied with wireless sensor connectivity or wireless, connected to a system that can visualize all production lines, control, and make their own decisions. Several countries are competing to realize this industry 4.0 [1], such as European countries, Asia, China, North America and Japan with "Society 5.0". Today our world is filled with globalization, the internet, and artificial intelligence. The impact of this era is the decline of natural resources, global warming, growing economic disparity, and terrorism. Therefore in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 23, 2019, in Davos, Switzerland, the State of Japan proposed a Society 5.0 [2], [3]. At a glance, a video ICA 2019, October 16-17, Bali, Indonesia Copyright © 2021 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.16-10-2019.2304343