Should You Automate Your Life? | The New Yorker
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A reporter spent a year using more than 100 A.I.-powered products, from a toothbrush to a car, and found that it isn’t a one-size-fits-all technology.
Save this story Save this story You’re reading Open Questions , Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. “I, Joanna Stern, do solemnly swear to live with the machines for the next 365 days.” Thus begins the year-long experiment chronicled in Stern’s book, “ I Am Not a Robot ,” a romp through the landscape of applied artificial intelligence, published this month. Early in 2025, Stern, a former technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal , decided to “cram artificial intelligence into as many corners” of her life as possible. In the course of a year, she used more
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