About this episode

Tech journalist Joanna Stern shares her year-long experience embedding AI into her life and the lessons learned.

It’s not easy to cover AI as a reporter when the technology moves so fast. Joanna Stern’s approach: learn by doing. For one year, the longtime Wall Street Journal tech reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist embedded AI into every corner of her life: her doctor's office, her kids' toys, even her romantic relationships. (Her wife approved the last one.) Stern chronicles the experience in her new book, I Am Not a Robot , a perspective on consumer AI that's equal parts honest, funny, and hopeful. On this Pioneers of AI episode, Stern shares what her year with AI actually taught her. Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/ Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofai See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guest: Joanna Stern

Topics covered

• AI
• technology journalism
• personal experience
• consumer AI
• humor
• hope

Keywords

• AI
• technology
• journalism
• personal experience
• consumer AI
• Joanna Stern
• humor
• hope

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wall Street Journal

Books & works: I Am Not a Robot

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