Professor Danny Liu of University of Sydney built the award-winning Cogniti.ai to enhance student learning in higher education. In this interview with Katie Ford of partner Microsoft and I, he outlines how and why it was built, and how it can be used for active experimentation with AI. He likens it to allowing stunt doubles for those exploring AI experiments in student learning. He describes the importance of setting the culture, rules, access, familiarity and trust in the collaboration we need within and between institutions to stay ahead of the curve of technology advancements. He sees promise in AI helping change higher education for good.