Joanna Stern is PROBABLY Not a Robot
5/26/20261 hr 15 min
Joanna Stern stopped by to chat with Marques about everything from John Ternus becoming the new Apple CEO to whether or not humanoid robots are the correct form factor for the future of helpful AI robots. They also talk about her new book (out now!) where she let AI run her life for a full year. Then they talk YouTube and going independent in media before wrapping it up with A Race to Z typing test. It's a very interesting conversation and we hope you enjoy! Links: Joanna Stern - I Am Not a Robot New Things with Joanna Stern Follow us on socials: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Joanna Stern: https://www.threads.com/@joannastern Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJoanna Stern· Guest0:00
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Joanna Stern· Guest1:07
[Bell dinging] If Apple doesn't provide me a large language model to talk to, in a way, I don't care.
Marques Brownlee· Host1:15
A so- it took me, like, half an hour to watch the video 'cause I kept pausing it and laughing so much.
Joanna Stern· Guest1:19
[laughs] I'm a little scared about Waymos on New Jersey highways.
Marques Brownlee· Host1:23
It's a different type of driver.
Joanna Stern· Guest1:24
They say AI is going to change healthcare. What does that really mean?
Marques Brownlee· Host1:28
Hmm.
Joanna Stern· Guest1:28
AI is gonna change our streets,