Enhancing media consumption experience through generative AI-powered interactive companions

A system for enhancing media consumption experience and alleviating user loneliness, comprising:

• one or more storage units for storing a code and a generative language model;
• one or more processors adapted to execute the code to:
• monitor media content presented in real-time and detect at least one predefined cue in a segment of the media content;
• in response to a detection of the at least one predefined cue, extract relevant information from the segment of the media content containing the detected cue;
• assemble a prompt by combining a prompt template predefined for the detected cue with the extracted content from the media segment;
• provide the assembled prompt to the generative language model to generate a synthetic reaction to the extracted content, wherein the generative language model is trained to provide contextually appropriate and emotionally engaging responses;
• and
• instruct a presentation of the generated synthetic reaction to the user in an interface facilitating a chat session between the user and at least one automated chat agent during the presentation of the media content;
• detecting a confusion or a misunderstanding of the user based on the user's reaction to the generated synthetic reaction;
• providing clarification or additional information to address the confusion or the misunderstanding in the chat session.

A method for enhancing media consumption experience, comprising:

• identifying media content currently presented to a user;
• in response to a detection of at least one predefined cue in content of a segment of the media content, selecting one of a plurality of prompt templates predefined for the at least one predefined cue;
• providing a prompt assembled from the selected prompt template and content extracted from the segment of the media content to a generative language model to induce a synthetic reaction to the content extracted from the segment;
• and
• presenting the synthetic reaction in a chat session held between the user and at least one automated chat agent about the media content during a presentation of the media content;
• detecting a confusion or a misunderstanding of the user based on the user's reaction to the generated synthetic reaction;
• providing clarification or additional information to address the confusion or the misunderstanding in the chat session.