Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them

Short summary

Decoder host Nilay Patel interviews Joanna Stern about her new book 'I Am Not a Robot' and her transition from The Wall Street Journal to founding New Things media company. After a year immersed in AI products, Stern argues most consumer AI isn't yet genuinely great—humanoid robots are clearly not ready, but wearable AI shows genuine potential. She also discusses how AI is helping her scale her new independent media venture.

• •Joanna Stern spent a year with AI products for her new book; concludes most consumer AI is still immature
• •Humanoid robots are unready; wearable AI shows promise for breakthrough use cases
• •She's using AI to scale her new independent media company New Things

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