Most AI conversations start with the technology. Bryan Reimer thinks that’s exactly the problem. A research scientist at MIT and global expert on human
behavior, mobility, and public policy, Bryan joins us to talk about his new book, How to Make AI Useful — and the argument that cuts through the noise: the technology was never the point. We are. We use autonomous vehicles as a live case study in what happens when deployment outpaces policy, trust, and common sense — and what that tells us about where generative AI is headed next. Bryan has advised federal transportation leaders, including serving as vice chair of the AI subcommittee under Secretary Pete Buttigieg, but this conversation stays grounded in the practical, the personal, and the question of whether we’re going to let AI change us.