# Building Real Social Intelligence - with David Petrou // REPOST

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Published: 2026-04-26T20:30:01+00:00
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🎙️ He Taught AI How to Have Manners — Meet David Petrou of Continua AI What if your next group chat had an extra participant — one that listens, understands the social context, remembers what you said last week, and even knows when to stay quiet? In today’s episode, host Dietmar Fischer sits down with David Petrou , founder and CEO of Continua AI , to explore the emerging world of Social AI — intelligent agents designed not just to talk, but to collaborate inside group chats. David, formerly at Google and part of the original Google Glasses team, has spent decades thinking about how humans and machines interact. With Continua, he’s building the world’s first truly human-aware AI that can join your Discord, iMessage, or Google Message conversations and behave like a socially intelligent teammate. This isn’t a chatbot — it’s an AI that understands when to talk, when to listen, and when to help. 📧💌📧 Get my Newsletter Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don’t forget to subscribe to our Newsletter : 👉 https://beginnersguide.nl 📧💌📧 Get ready for a deep dive into social intelligence, etiquette in AI systems, agentic actions, and the future of communication where AI participates naturally alongside humans. 💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode Why Social AI is the next big evolution beyond traditional chatbots How Continua trains AI to understand timing, tone, context , and social cues Why David believes text messaging with AI will reach a billion users The engineering challenge behind teaching AI “manners” and “machine etiquette” How AI group chat agents improve communication, planning, and collaboration The real use cases: debugging code, planning trips, updating documents, running games, and summarizing information How Continua’s multi-model architecture orchestrates…

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