477. The Nitty Gritty of AI From an Attorney and AI Expert with Mike Brown
The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael MogillShow Notes
There are about to be two kinds of professionals: the ones who command AI, and the ones who get commanded by it.
In this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill sits down with Mike Brown, a personal injury attorney with zero coding background who taught himself to build with AI agents and then beat 15,000+ applicants to win Anthropic's 2026 Global Claude Code Hackathon. They dig into why so many lawyers are waiting for AI to mature while a small group is already compounding a serious advantage, and why the real dividing line has nothing to do with technical skill. It comes down to curiosity, discipline, and a willingness to be bad at something for one uncomfortable week.
Here's what you'll learn:
What "vibe coding" actually is and why you don't need to know how to code
How to prevent hallucinations, protect client privilege, and actually trust the output you get
What it takes to go from overwhelmed to automated with a three-week plan any firm owner can run
The people pulling ahead with AI are not the technical ones. They are the curious ones.
(00:00:00) Introduction (00:03:04) What vibe coding actually is (00:06:15) Why he bet on ChatGPT early (00:09:03) How the models evolved (00:14:29) Producers vs. consumers (00:15:48) Could AI run a whole firm? (00:19:39) Fixing the housing permit crisis (00:22:26) Will AI kill jobs or create them? (00:26:33) Robotics and the hardware layer (00:34:04) AI for health and longevity (00:43:16) Beating AI's confirmation bias (00:48:18) Wrap-Up
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Links & Resources:
Crossbeam
Anthropic
Boris Cherny
Gary Tan
Andrew Huberman
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