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What happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids?
You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently, return hours of free time to our overworked brains, and make discoveries previously unimagined by humankind. The AI future is going to be unlike any other technological revolution. But what does that really mean? And will AI truly make life better?
To find out, award-winning journalist Joanna Stern surrendered her life to artificial intelligence for one year. The results are both hilarious and unsettling.
I Am Not a Robot is like a time machine trip to the very near future, where AI promises to be your doctor, chauffeur, teacher, masseuse, coworker, therapist, financial planner, chef, housekeeper, and even . . . romantic partner. Your colleague might be using ChatGPT to write emails at work, but Joanna used AI tools and robots to do household chores, to manage her health, and to transport her family on vacation. If there was a decision to make or a task to do, she let AI go first. Along the way, she conducted exclusive interviews with the tech leaders building this future, then reported back from the front lines as your funny, no-nonsense tour guide.
Of course, tech’s sunny promises never tell the whole story, and that’s what Joanna is here to share. Filled with illustrations and photographs, this book offers less hype, more clarity, and as little jargon as humanly (or robotically) possible. It’s an AI guide for ordinary people—not the tech bros who tried to sell you a cruise to the metaverse or an NFT of a cartoon monkey.
This book is not the definitive story, because we’re only a few years into the AI revolution. But after a year of living as a human lab rat, Joanna delivers one of the clearest—and funniest—pictures yet of what’s really happening and what it means for you.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Harper
Publication date : May 12, 2026
Language : English
Print length : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063446618
ISBN-13 : 978-0063446618
Item Weight : 1.43 pounds
Dimensions : 10 x 2 x 2.7 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #15,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #17 in Computers & Technology Industry #23 in Artificial Intelligence & Semantics
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Customers find this book engaging and informative, particularly praising its wonderful explanation of AI basics. They appreciate the author’s warm and clever humor, with one review noting how her personal stories are infectious. Customers describe it as a relatable book that provides an insightful look into the world of AI, and one customer mentions how it encourages readers to think critically about the digital world.
