Systems and methods for machine learning-based generation of interactive virtual persona communities

A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform operations comprising:

• at a virtual persona service:
• identifying, by the one or more processors, a respective set of permitted values or a respective distribution of values for each community persona variable of a set of community persona variables;
• constructing, by the one or more processors, a virtual community persona template that indicates the respective set of permitted values or the respective distribution of values for each community persona variable of the set of community persona variables;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a virtual persona community based at least in part on the virtual community persona template, wherein the generating comprises:
• providing, by the one or more processors, the virtual community persona template and a set of persona-generating prompts to one or more language models, wherein each persona-generating prompt of the set of persona-generating prompts comprises a set of instructions informing the one or more language learning models to select variable values for a respective subset of the set of community persona variables;
• obtaining, by the one or more processors, one or more batches of virtual personas from the one or more language learning models based at least in part on the provided virtual community persona template and the set of persona-generating prompts, wherein each batch of the one or more batches comprises a plurality of distinct sets of community persona variables and associated variable values, each distinct set of the plurality of distinct sets mapping to a respective virtual persona;
• aggregating, by the one or more processors, the one or more batches of virtual personas to form the virtual persona community;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, a user query and an indication of a virtual persona of the virtual persona community via an interactive user interface;
• constructing, by the one or more processors, a persona-describing prompt based at least in part on the respective distinct set of community variables and associated variable values corresponding to the indicated virtual persona;
• providing, by the one or more processors and to the one or more language learning models, the user query and the persona-describing prompt;
• and
• outputting, by the one or more processors and from the one or more language learning models, a response to the user query via the interactive user interface based at least in part on the provided user query and the persona-describing prompt.

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory;
• and
• a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the one or more processors, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:
• at a virtual persona service:
• identifying, by the one or more processors, a respective set of permitted values or a respective distribution of values for each community persona variable of a set of community persona variables;
• constructing, by the one or more processors, a virtual community persona template that indicates the respective set of permitted values or the respective distribution of values for each community persona variable of the set of community persona variables;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a virtual persona community based at least in part on the virtual community persona template, wherein the generating comprises:
• providing, by the one or more processors, the virtual community persona template and a set of persona-generating prompts to one or more language models, wherein each persona-generating prompt of the set of persona-generating prompts comprises a set of instructions informing the one or more language learning models to select variable values for a respective subset of the set of community persona variables;
• obtaining, by the one or more processors, one or more batches of virtual personas from the one or more language learning models based at least in part on the provided virtual community persona template and the set of persona-generating prompts, wherein each batch of the one or more batches comprises a plurality of distinct sets of community persona variables and associated variable values, each distinct set of the plurality of distinct sets mapping to a respective virtual persona;
• aggregating, by the one or more processors, the one or more batches of virtual personas to form the virtual persona community;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, a user query and an indication of a virtual persona of the virtual persona community via an interactive user interface;
• constructing, by the one or more processors, a persona-describing prompt based at least in part on the respective distinct set of community variables and associated variable values corresponding to the indicated virtual persona;
• providing, by the one or more processors and to the one or more language learning models, the user query and the persona-describing prompt;
• and
• outputting, by the one or more processors and from the one or more language learning models, a response to the user query via the interactive user interface based at least in part on the provided user query and the persona-describing prompt.