BRIAN MERCHANT is the technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the author of the national bestseller The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone. He’s the co-founder of Terraform, Vice’s science fiction outlet, and the founder of Gizmodo’s automaton project examining AI and the future of work. His writing has appeared in El New York Times, Con cable, El Atlántico, Harper’s Magazine, Fast Company, and other outlets. He lives in Los Angeles.