Joanna Stern

The subject of the interview who wrote a book about living with AI for a year.

“Hi, everyone. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is On with Kara Swisher, and I'm Kara Swisher. Silicon Valley executives make a lot of promises about the way AI will reshape our lives. They typically paint a rosy picture about how …”

The speaker describes creating a 3D AI bot of herself for a CNN series and interacting with it.

“You know, I'm gonna just show a quick picture of my bot. Can you, can you put that up? Okay, in this series, in this CNN series, this is the last episode where I pu- put in all my interviews and a bunch of stuff, and that's me in a 3D box, and I started to hav…”

The guest discussing her year-long experiment with AI and its impact on her professional and personal life.

“Um, but I'm gonna write itAnd I'm gonna think through, okay, how am I gonna structure this newsletter? I did it based on an interview that I did two days ago. How am I gonna structure it? Where am I gonna insert some humor? Those things for me, I, I like that …”

The speaker who conducted a year-long experiment using AI agents for various tasks.

“No, it wasn't right about the strep throat. It was actually coxsackie. And so I kept a, a log of this and I rated it.”

The author who spent a year integrating AI into her life and faced issues with AI-generated book impersonations.

“I mean, writing is a big one. I'm very clear at the beginning of the book that I used AI to make this book, but not write this book. And I, uh, funny, when I looked at the AI-generated book today on Apple Books, I was like, "This is crap."”

The author who conducted an experiment living with AI chatbots and wrote a book about the experience.

“And I didn't realize that the story and the book would be so personal, but when I s- started talking to these bots, just maybe just putting the label of boyfriend or partner on it, you start to reminisce about your own human relationships.”

The author discussing her book and her year-long experiment with AI.

“And so I wanted to look at it at a broad way of life, that it wasn't just the generative AI chatbots, which there's a lot of that in here, right? There's a lot of testing the Claus and the Geminis and the ChatGPTs of the world, but also other forms of AI and p…”

Author who spent a year integrating AI into her life for her book.

“One of the things you did, though, is you did take advice as if it was a person, right? And you... when it told you to quit your job at The Wall Street Journal and go independent. Um, you do claim in the book that no one else was willing to be straight with yo…”

The host describing her year-long experiment wearing an AI recording bracelet to manage daily tasks.

“... make happen easily. So I think that we're going back to that Jarvis idea, that there is this persistent AI that lives around us, that understands all of us, and we've put more sensors on it. One of the things I did for the year was wear an AI recording bra…”

The speaker discussing her experiences with AI and her approach to parenting.

“Yeah, I, I, like I said, having that experience with the companion made me terrified for my kids especially and, and how I want them to have human relationships, and I want them, and I say very clearly, too, "Do not buy your kids an AI toy." Um, just, y- just …”

The host discussing her personal experiment with integrating AI into her daily life.

“So, um... I'm teasing. I'm gonna get so much shit on Twitter for that, but I don't really care. Um, so after a year of integrating AI into so many parts of your life, w- where is the limit? Because a lot of people are worried, especially investors. The money h…”

Author of 'I Am Not a Robot' and tech journalist who conducted a year-long AI integration experiment.

“My guest is the author of the new book, I Am Not a Robot, but she kind of turned herself into a robot for an experiment. Joanna Stern spent 12 years as a tech reporter for The Wall Street Journal and is now chief technology analyst for NBC News. Throughout mos…”

Tech reporter and author who experimented with using AI for daily tasks.

“This is Fresh Air. Let's get back to my interview with tech reporter Joanna Stern. She's now chief technology analyst for NBC News, and she has a new company, a tech journalism company called New Things. Her new book is called I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using A…”

Tech reporter and author who experimented with using AI for various daily tasks, including medical analysis.

“If you're just joining us, my guest is tech reporter Joanna Stern. She's now chief technology analyst for NBC News, and she started a new tech journalism company called New Things. Her new book is called I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do Almost Everythi…”

The host discussing her experiments with AI and her book.

“Only from your book.”

Technology journalist and author of 'I Am Not a Robot'.

“So for years, Kevin, you and I have both been friends with the great technology journalist, Joanna Stern”

Author of the book 'I Am Not a Robot' who joined the show as a guest.

“Well, Joanna, you're a legend. Uh, we love you. Thank you for coming on. The book is great. It's called I Am Not a Robot, and neither are we.”

Kara Swisher interviewed her about her book, I Am Not a Robot.

“We had a great time. We-- I took him to New York. I had to go up and interview Joanna Stern, who's written a bo-book called I Am Not a Robot, which, uh, Alex really enjoyed the, the, so the... It was at the Ninety-Second Street Y. But it was really nice. And, …”

Kara Swisher interviewed her about her book regarding living with AI for a year.

“I am. That's true. I do. "You can't say that. You can't say that." Um, okay, let's get into it. Before we get into news, I wanna chat about a piece in Wired titled "The Sad Wives of AI." [laughs] The author details how the AI boom has created a wave of women, …”