I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do Almost Everything

當智慧機器不僅存在於我們的口袋，還能幫我們開車、做決策、摺衣服並教育我們的孩子時，會發生什麼事？

你聽過這些宣傳：AI 將使我們更健康，為每個孩子提供個人化導師，讓企業運轉更有效率，為我們過度操勞的大腦換取數小時的自由時間，並實現人類以前無法想像的發現。AI 的未來將與以往任何技術革命截然不同。但那究竟意味著什麼？AI 真的會讓生活變得更好嗎？

為了找出答案，獲獎記者 Joanna Stern 將她的一年生活交給了人工智慧。結果既滑稽又令人不安。

《我不是機器人》(I Am Not a Robot) 就像是一場通往不久將來的時光旅行，在那裡，AI 承諾成為你的醫生、司機、老師、按摩師、同事、治療師、理財規劃師、廚師、管家，甚至是……浪漫伴侶。你的同事可能正在用 ChatGPT 寫辦公郵件，但 Joanna 則是利用 AI 工具和機器人來做家事、管理健康，並載著家人去度假。只要有決策要做或任務要完成，她都讓 AI 先行。過程中，她對打造這個未來的科技領導者進行了獨家採訪，隨後以你那幽默、務實的導遊身份，從前線帶回報導。

當然，科技業美好的承諾從未說出故事的全貌，而這正是 Joanna 要分享的。本書充滿插圖與照片，提供更少的炒作、更多的清晰度，並盡可能減少術語。這是一本為普通人準備的 AI 指南——而不是針對那些試圖賣給你元宇宙郵輪或猴子卡通 NFT 的科技狂粉。

這本書並非定論，因為我們才剛進入 AI 革命幾年。但作為一年的「人類實驗鼠」，Joanna 交付了關於現狀及其對你之意義最清晰——也最有趣——的畫卷。

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.