---
title: "Social AI"
description: "Discover how social AI adoption is transforming tech workflows. Learn key insights from Midjourney, Discord \u0026 emerging AI platforms reshaping how startups innovate \u0026 collaborate."
categories: ["AI"]
keywords: ["social AI","AI adoption","Midjourney","Discord","AI workflows","AI platforms","startup innovation","collaboration tools","OpenAI social network"]
ai_summary: "Explore how social AI is reshaping workflows and enhancing collaboration in tech through platforms like Midjourney and Discord."
date: 2025-04-17
lastmod: 2026-07-31
canonical_url: https://www.tomtunguz.com/openai-social-network/
author: "Tomasz Tunguz"
---

I want to see how you use AI. 

The biggest challenge to AI adoption is reimagining workflows, AI is best discovered socially. 

Midjourney's launch on Discord was brilliant. As a new user, I knew enough to ask for an image of a [rabbit on a firetruck](https://tomtunguz.com/gpt-stock-images/). But by watching others, I discovered I could create vector images, recast photos into Ghibli-style art, change aspect ratios, or convert photos to pencil-shaded drawings. 

![image](https://res.cloudinary.com/dzawgnnlr/image/upload/yu9xvt6vjyfu4osxdtdp.png)
Here's an example on X. A poster creates a challenge & asks Grok to pick a user from the comments (using AI to act).

![image](https://res.cloudinary.com/dzawgnnlr/image/upload/fs3qdmnzpwvbzejpz5az.png)
A reader asks grok to verify the claim.

I'm don't know if the contest is valid, but I do know this is a novel way of engaging with AI + social.

I wrote a [post earlier this week](https://tomtunguz.com/working-with-ai-2/) sharing how my AI usage patterns have changed & received many emails explaining different workflows. 
With AI canvases, sharing buttons work fine, but discovery would be better if it were social. 

Modern AI systems have canvases : places to draft code or create 3D renderings. Here's an interactive point cloud of a torus (doughnut).


![image](https://res.cloudinary.com/dzawgnnlr/image/upload/hrifabvcrdcq16wmrkpn.png)

Using Twitter to broadcast the idea & Github to distribute the code? There's an opportunity to unify the two.

Like GitHub, social code repositories help with discovery, forking, & inspiration.

Plus, social behavior is sticky. Social networks keep users engaged & could counter the high churn & low switching costs of AI platforms especially with consumers - if the network can nail the dynamics.

OpenAI is rumored to be launching a social network & if true, it reinforces this idea : social AI is a powerful product combination.