My Year With AI: Joanna Stern Hands Over Her Life

About this episode

Joanna Stern discusses her experiences of living with AI and its implications for the future.

What happens when you let artificial intelligence run your life? Joanna Stern, Emmy Award–winning tech journalist, asks this question in her new book, I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything . She sat down with Nilay Patel, cofounder and editor-in-chief of The Verge, to share what actually worked, what didn’t, and what her experience reveals about where AI is headed. This conversation was recorded on May 19, 2026, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Computer History Museum's YouTube channel. To learn more about the Computer History Museum and our upcoming CHM Live events, visit our website at www.computerhistory.org

People in this episode

Host: Nilay Patel

Guest: Joanna Stern

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• technology
• journalism
• personal experience
• future of AI

Keywords

• AI
• Joanna Stern
• Nilay Patel
• The Verge
• Computer History Museum
• technology journalism
• personal AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Verge, Computer History Museum

Books & works: I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything

Places: Mountain View, California

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