Building Real Social Intelligence - with David Petrou // REPOST

About this episode

Dietmar Fischer interviews David Petrou about the development of Social AI and its implications for communication in group chats.

🎙️ 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…

People in this episode

Host: Dietmar Fischer

Guest: David Petrou

Topics covered

• Social AI
• human-aware AI
• group chats
• communication
• AI etiquette
• collaboration

Keywords

• Social AI
• AI communication
• group chat AI
• human-aware technology
• AI etiquette
• Continua AI
• David Petrou

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Continua AI, Google, Google Glasses

More episodes of A Beginner's Guide to AI

• Move Fast And Don't Break Things: Secure AI Adoption with Samantha Mehta // REPOST · June 12, 2026 · 55 min
• AI Needs Electricians More Than Coders - Sergii Gerasymovych Tells You Why · June 10, 2026 · 51 min
• Why Asimov’s Three Laws Still Matter for AI Ethics · June 7, 2026 · 47 min
• Customer Panel? Too Slow. Here’s the Synthetic Version - with Janet Barker-Evans // REPOST · June 6, 2026 · 50 min
• The Four AI Levels Every Business Leader Should Know · June 4, 2026 · 11 min
• Why Most Companies Create Their Own AI Bottleneck - Says Ross Barnes · June 2, 2026 · 50 min