The Lou Perez Podcast - Harris Sockel

Lou Perez is joined by Harris Sockel, lead editor at Pirate Wires — the tech media company that covers Silicon Valley without hating it. They cover a lot of ground in this one. TOPICS INCLUDE: - What Pirate Wires is and why it started on Substack during the pandemic - Why AI doom coverage is dishonest (and why the doomers won't go full prepper) - Lou's experience using Claude AI for press kits, pricing, and writing courses - Can AI actually replace long-form journalism? Harris says not yet — and explains why - AI chatbots, teen suicide cases, and the litigation playbook against tech companies - Humanoid robots: cooking, sex, and whether to charge yours in the hallway - The data center water myth, debunked — they use less water than golf courses - Nuclear power's comeback and what went wrong with Biden's AI regulation approach - Harris's doctor pulled up ChatGPT mid-appointment and told him to read it - Waymo self-driving cars and the future of driving as a rich-person hobby - Harris goes to a Starbucks strike in Brooklyn — almost nobody worked at Starbucks - California's wealth tax, billionaire flight, and one very quotable anonymous billionaire - SAG-AFTRA dues and the gap between union theory and union reality GUEST: Harris Sockel — Lead Editor, Pirate Wires https://www.piratewires.com LOU'S LINKS: Book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r Website: https://www.thelouperez.com Newsletter: https://substack.com/@louperez YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thelouperez