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I Am Not a Robot

Joanna Stern, 2026

A tech columnist spends a year letting AI into her health, home, work and relationships, testing where it helps, where it fails, and how to keep human judgment in charge.

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7 parts, about 20 minutes to read.

Why read it

  • A technology journalist spends a year letting AI into her health, driving, chores, work and relationships to test the promises
  • Helps you decide where AI truly helps and where to keep your own judgment, thinking and attachments
  • Grounded in hands on product tests and interviews rather than predictions, and it ends without a tidy verdict

Who it is for

  • Professionals wondering which parts of their job AI will take
  • Parents deciding how much AI to let into family life
  • Readers wary of both hype and doom about AI

What the summary covers

  1. Living the AI Year2 min
  2. What We Mean by AI1 min
  3. Winter: Machine Eyes and Dental Distrust4 min
  4. Spring: Handing Over the Wheel3 min
  5. Summer: Outsourcing the Dirty Work4 min
  6. Fall: Machine Yearning4 min
  7. No Clean Verdict2 min

About the author

  • Joanna SternTechnology journalist and former Wall Street Journal columnist
    • Graduated from Union College in 2006, studying political science and journalism
    • Three years at Engadget as reviews editor
    • Joined ABC News as a technology editor in February 2012
    • Won a Gerald Loeb Award in 2016 for her Wall Street Journal videos
    • Won a News and Documentary Emmy in September 2021 for a Wall Street Journal documentary on death and technology
    • Second Gerald Loeb Award in 2022 for an article on TikTok
    • Left the Journal in 2026 and launched The New Things

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