https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FNULsvGwM What happens when you let artificial intelligence run your life?
As AI tools move from novelty to necessity—writing emails, making decisions, translating languages, and organizing our daily routines—the line between human judgment and machine assistance is getting blurrier by the day. But how close are we, really, to The Jetsons’ Rosie the Robot?
To find out, Emmy Award–winning technology journalist Joanna Stern decided to hand over the keys. For a full year, she let AI systems take the lead—tasking Claude to run a vending machine for her Wall Street Journal colleagues (with humorous and chaotic results), testing out a 1x Neo humanoid robot for household chores, and inserting AI into her work, decisions, and even family life.
The outcome? Equal parts impressive, absurd, and occasionally alarming. These experiments were the basis for Stern’s new book, I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything. At CHM, Stern will converse with moderator Nilay Patel, cofounder and editor-in-chief of The Verge, sharing what actually worked, what (hilariously) didn’t, and what her year as an AI-assisted human reveals about where this technology is headed.
Join us for a lively, candid conversation about life with AI—and what it means to stay human when your to-do list has a mind of its own.
[Recorded May 19, 2026]
What You’ll Experience:
-Insights from Joanna Stern, NBC News chief tech analyst, founder of The New Things, and former Wall Street Journal tech columnist, in conversation with moderator Nilay Patel, cofounder and editor-in-chief of The Verge.
-Real stories of AI wins, fails, and “what just happened?” moments.
-A clear, entertaining look at incredible AI breakthroughs — and where AI quite literally still falls flat.
FEATURED PARTICIPANTS
Speaker
Joanna Stern
Author, I Am Not a Robot; Founder, The New Things; Chief Technology Analyst, NBC News
Joanna Stern is an Emmy-winning tech journalist and author of I AM NOT A ROBOT: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything. She is the founder of New Things Media, where she publishes newsletters, videos and more, and serves as NBC News’ chief tech analyst, regularly appearing on TODAY, NBC Nightly News and beyond. Stern spent 12 years at The Wall Street Journal, where her personal tech columns and videos made her one of the most-watched voices in consumer technology.
Moderator
Nilay Patel
Cofounder and Editor-in-Chief, The Verge
Nilay Patel is cofounder and editor in chief of The Verge, the technology and culture brand from Vox Media. In his decade at Vox, he has grown The Verge into one of the largest and most influential tech sites, with a global audience of millions of monthly readers, and award-winning journalism with real-world impact. Honored in Adweek’s “Creative 100” in 2021, under Patel’s leadership, The Verge received its first Pulitzer and National Magazine Award nominations. Patel is an expert voice in the tech space and host of The Verge’s Webby award-winning podcasts, Decoder with Nilay Patel and The Vergecast.
SPONSORSHIP
This program is made possible by the generous support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
Catalog Number: 300000304
Acquisition Number: 2026.0127
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