We Study Billionaires - The Investor’s Podcast Network TECH001: AI for Activists w/ Justin Moon and Shroominic (Tech Podcast)
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Sep 17, 2025 Justin Moon, a technical advisor for the Human Rights Foundation's AI program and a leading engineer in the Bitcoin space, teams up with Shroominic to unveil how activists are using AI for storytelling and rapid responses. They share anecdotes about building websites using voice commands and the concept of 'vibe coding.' The duo discusses AI's role in countering authoritarian regimes, the foundational elements of modern AI, and how these technologies empower individuals over the state, making activism more effective and accessible.
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Schedule Focused Time To Explore AI
- Set aside regular time to experiment with AI tools and push them to their failure points.
- Try to discover what the tool cannot do to understand its real boundaries.
Building A Library With AI Cost $400
- Shroominic built a new Python library for Cashew using AI agents and paid about $400 for compute.
- The project produced complex software quickly but illustrated how AI can burn through budget.
AI Raises Capital Needs For Some Software
- AI is making software development more capital-intensive because parallel compute and agents increase costs.
- That shift could raise the barrier to entry for large-scale engineering work.