Auto-GPT gives ChatGPT super powers – Apparata
ChatGPT is limited by the lack of memory. With Auto-GPT that memory can be built in, so that the chatbot can suddenly do much more.
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What is Auto-GPT, how does it work?
AutoGPT itself is not AI. You can best see this program as a tool to communicate with ChatGPT. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has developed a programmatic interface, an API, that allows computer programs, such as Auto-GPT, to communicate with GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 over the Internet.
There is no intelligence behind AutoGPT. It’s just a tool to use GPT’s intelligence to put itself to work. A smart form of working memory is probably the best way to describe this program. In principle, as a human being you can also have more complicated tasks planned and executed by ChatGPT. AutoGPT takes over and performs tasks in two steps. First, AutoGPT asks to create a step-by-step schedule of a command, prompt from the user. AutoGPT carries out this planning step by step, in the form of the partial assignments devised by ChatGPT.
Making AI communicate with the internet
A very powerful additional feature is the ability to retrieve and also send information from the Internet. At the same time, this is a feature that worries some. Because once a super smart, self-aware AI has access to the internet, it can wreak havoc. GPT-4 is, probably, not that smart yet, but it is close to this level. Reason for AI experts to argue for a temporary halt to further development, until we have an answer to the question of how we can continue with this in a safe way.
What can you do with Auto-GPT?
Currently, a major limitation of ChatGPT is that the AI is unable to remember a longer context. This is probably deliberately set by the makers to prevent the Ai from exhibiting unpredictable behavior. Auto-GPT does make this possible, so interesting things can happen. You can see some experiments in the video below.
Experiment with Auto-GPT yourself
To use Auto-GPT you need to request an API key from OpenAi. You can do this by registering as a developer. You must have a credit card for this. During the first months you can experiment with about twenty euros in free credit. Auto-GPT is written in the Python programming language. Installing it is quite difficult for a non-programmer, but doable if you follow the instructions step by step. You call the program via a command line window (cmd).
So don’t expect a fancy graphical interface. The AI does get to work for you and that produces interesting results.
