Stop Scrolling, Start Building: Vibe Coding, AI Safety, and Tech That Calms You Down

About this episode

The episode discusses the intersection of technology and mindfulness with Gabe Montague, focusing on AI safety and tools for digital wellbeing.

I'm a technophile with a love-hate relationship with my phone — so I sat down with someone who thinks about this a lot! Gabe Montague is the founder of Mindful Makers , a Boston community that builds technology to support mindfulness instead of eroding it. This is a real conversation about using AI well. We cover what "vibe coding" actually is and how someone who has never written a line of code can start today, the projects I've built this way (a neuroscience site kids can talk to, and my sleep app), and how Gabe runs one-day hackathons where coders and non-coders build tools for their own digital wellbeing. We get honest about AI safety — what I keep off my laptop, why Gabe watches AI rather than turning it loose, and the security mistakes that are easy to make. We talk about whether kids should use AI, whether it's making us sharper or lazier, and the neurotech wearables that can read your stress (and where that gets uncomfortable). Gabe also shares how his own meditation practice began — with an app, of course! Somewhere in the middle, Gabe describes a focus idea I've started using on my own writing: setting an intention before anything else unlocks, and telling AI…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Juna Bobby

Guest: Gabe Montague

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• technology
• AI safety
• vibe coding
• digital wellbeing
• parenting

Keywords

• mindfulness
• AI safety
• vibe coding
• digital wellbeing
• parenting
• neurotech wearables
• hackathons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mindful Makers

Products: RELAX TO SOAR, sleep app, neuroscience site

Places: Boston, AI

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