Back to School Special: Why the Next Generation Is Asking What AI Should Do w/ Aleks Santari, Student @ Johns Hopkins University, Founder, & Philosopher

The next generation of builders isn’t just asking what AI can do, but what it should do.

For Johns Hopkins student Aleks Santari, the most striking change AI brings is the commoditisation of intelligence. When capabilities once reserved for experts become widely available, it reshapes education, work, and even how people see themselves.

Aleks is exploring that reality firsthand through three projects: Flow, a health app that adapts to each person’s context; a snake-like surgical robot for eye surgery in a lab at Johns Hopkins; and an autonomous rover so he can get first-hand experience studying autonomous behavior.

In this conversation, Daniel and Aleks discuss why people treat AI like a companion, the risks of doing so, and how dynamic user interfaces could make data more accessible and users less reliant on their devices. The ...