What would make AI truly social? A blueprint for consumer agents
Scobleizer · x · 2026-10-17
Linear's @joulee published a long-form article, "What would make AI truly social?", laying out a blueprint for consumer agents tackling the hardest and most meaningful problem: social connection. She opens with a striking stat — in the mid-1970s Americans hosted or attended an average of 7.1 dinner parties a year — and uses Mad Men-era social dynamics, reunions and marriage markets as lenses for designing social AI. Retweeter @joshelman highlighted his favorite line: "It's interesting to think of AI agents gossiping about us (as of course human agents do!)" — something he says he's already experiencing with test agents.
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