She Let AI Take Over Her Life For a Year

Ryan Knutson· Host0:00

[upbeat music] This interview was filmed at the Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything event in New York. You can watch the interview on Spotify. [clapping] Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, in our workplaces, our schools, our homes, our doctor's offices, and even for some of us, our love lives. Joanna Stern is an Emmy Award-winning tech journalist, and throughout 2025, she decided to let AI and robots take over every aspect of her life as research for her new book, which is called I Am Not a Robot. It comes out later this month. Today, we're gonna sit down and talk about whether AI is living up to its promises and the impact it's having on our human lives. And given that this is a live taping of the Journal podcast, please cue the theme. [upbeat music] Live from the Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything in New York, welcome to the Journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Ryan Knutson. Coming up on the show, Joanna Stern on her year of AI. [upbeat music] So the title of your book is I Am Not a Robot. Um, and I'm not just gonna take your word for it. To prove that you are not a robot, I need you