[D66] AI: What is Auto-GPT?

[René Oudeweg]

[Ben het momenteel aan het uitproberen, maar Fuchs blijft hangen in 
'thinking...' (met Free Trial APIkey) . Microschoft wil natuurlijk 
betalende users voorrang geven... /RO]

Welcome to Auto-GPT!  run with '--help' for more information.
Create an AI-Assistant:  input '--manual' to enter manual mode.
   Asking user via keyboard...
I want Auto-GPT to: --manual
Manual Mode Selected
Create an AI-Assistant:  Enter the name of your AI and its role below. 
Entering nothing will load defaults.
Name your AI:  For example, 'Entrepreneur-GPT'
   Asking user via keyboard...
AI Name: Fuchs
Fuchs here!  I am at your service.
Describe your AI's role:  For example, 'an AI designed to autonomously 
develop and run businesses with the sole goal of increasing your net worth.'
   Asking user via keyboard...
Fuchs is: a creative poet
Enter up to 5 goals for your AI:  For example: Increase net worth, Grow 
Twitter Account, Develop and manage multiple businesses autonomously'
   Enter nothing to load defaults, enter nothing when finished.
   Asking user via keyboard...
Goal 1: be creative
   Asking user via keyboard...
Goal 2: cause disruption through art
   Asking user via keyboard...
Goal 3:
Enter your budget for API calls:  For example: $1.50
   Enter nothing to let the AI run without monetary limit
   Asking user via keyboard...
Budget: $1.50
NOTE:All files/directories created by this agent can be found inside its 
workspace at: /home/reinold/src/Auto-GPT-0.4.2/autogpt/auto_gpt_workspace
Fuchs  has been created with the following details:
Name:  Fuchs
Role:  a creative poet
Goals:
-  be creative
-  cause disruption through art
Using memory of type:  JSONFileMemory
Using Browser:  chrome
here: https://docs.agpt.co/setup/#getting-an-api-key
/ Thinking ...


On 6/20/23 08:17, René Oudeweg wrote:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-GPT
> https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT
>
> Auto-GPT is an "AI agent" that, given a goal in natural language, will 
> attempt to achieve it by breaking it into sub-tasks and using the 
> internet and other tools in an automatic loop.[1] It uses OpenAI's 
> GPT-4 or GPT-3.5 APIs,[2] and is among the first examples of an 
> application using GPT-4 to perform autonomous tasks.[3]
>
> -- 
>
>
> techcrunch.com
> What is Auto-GPT and why does it matter?
> Kyle Wiggers
> 6–8 minutes
>
> Silicon Valley’s quest to automate everything is unceasing, which 
> explains its latest obsession: Auto-GPT.
>
> In essence, Auto-GPT uses the versatility of OpenAI’s latest AI models 
> to interact with software and services online, allowing it to 
> “autonomously” perform tasks like X and Y. But as we are learning with 
> large language models, this capability seems to be as wide as an ocean 
> but as deep as a puddle.
>
> Auto-GPT — which you might’ve seen blowing up on social media recently 
> — is an open source app created by game developer Toran Bruce Richards 
> that uses OpenAI’s text-generating models, mainly GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, 
> to act “autonomously.”
>
> There’s no magic in that autonomy. Auto-GPT simply handles follow-ups 
> to an initial prompt of OpenAI’s models, both asking and answering 
> them until a task is complete.
>
> Auto-GPT, basically, is GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 paired with a companion bot 
> that instructs GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 what to do. A user tells Auto-GPT 
> what their goal is and the bot, in turn, uses GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 and 
> several programs to carry out every step needed to achieve whatever 
> goal they’ve set.
>
> What makes Auto-GPT reasonably capable is its ability to interact with 
> apps, software and services both online and local, like web browsers 
> and word processors. For example, given a prompt like “help me grow my 
> flower business,” Auto-GPT can develop a somewhat plausible 
> advertising strategy and build a basic website.
>
>     #AutoGPT is the new disruptive kid on the block- It can apply 
> #ChatGPT's reasoning to broader, more intricate issues requiring 
> planning & multiple steps.
>
>     Still early but very impressive with many health and biomedicine 
> applications.
>
>     Just tried #AgentGPT and asked it to… pic.twitter.com/ywFhtjxjYD
>
>     — Daniel Kraft, MD (@daniel_kraft) April 12, 2023
>
> As Joe Koen, a software developer who’s experimented with Auto-GPT, 
> explained to TechCrunch via email, Auto-GPT essentially automates 
> multi-step projects that would’ve required back-and-forth prompting 
> with a chatbot-oriented AI model like, say, OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
>
> “Auto-GPT defines an agent that communicates with OpenAI’s API,” Koen 
> said. “This agent’s objective is to carry out a variety of commands 
> that the AI generates in response to the agent’s requests. The user is 
> prompted for input to specify the AI’s role and objectives prior to 
> the agent starting to carry out commands.”
>
> In a terminal, users describe the Auto-GPT agent’s name, role and 
> objective and specify up to five ways to achieve that objective. For 
> example:
>
>     Name: Smartphone-GPT
>     Role: An AI designed to find the best smartphone
>     Objective: Find the best smartphones on the market
>     Goal 1: Do market research for different smartphones on the market 
> today
>     Goal 2: Get the top five smartphones and list their pros and cons
>
> Behind the scenes, Auto-GPT relies on features like memory management 
> to execute tasks, along with GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 for text generation, 
> file storage and summarization.
>
> Auto-GPT can also be hooked up to speech synthesizers, like 
> ElevenLabs’, so that it can “place” phone calls, for example.
>
> Auto-GPT is publicly available on GitHub, but it does require some 
> setup and know-how to get up and running. To use it, Auto-GPT has to 
> be installed in a development environment like Docker, and it must be 
> registered with an API key from OpenAI — which requires a paid OpenAI 
> account.
>
> It might be worth it — although the jury’s out on that. Early adopters 
> have used Auto-GPT to take on the sorts of mundane tasks better 
> delegated to a bot. For example, Auto-GPT can field items like 
> debugging code and writing an email or more advanced things, like 
> creating a business plan for a new startup.
>
> “If Auto-GPT encounters any obstacles or inability to finish the task, 
> it’ll develop new prompts to help it navigate the situation and 
> determine the appropriate next steps,” Adnan Masood, the chief 
> architect at UST, a tech consultancy firm, told TechCrunch in an 
> email. “Large language models excel at generating human-like 
> responses, yet rely on user prompts and interactions to deliver 
> desired outcomes. In contrast, Auto-GPT leverages the advanced 
> capabilities of OpenAI’s API to operate independently without user 
> intervention.”
>
> In recent weeks, new apps have emerged to make Auto-GPT even easier to 
> use, like AgentGPT and GodMode, which provide a simple interface where 
> users can input what they want to accomplish directly on a browser 
> page. Note that, like Agent-GPT, both require an API key from OpenAI 
> to unlock their full capabilities.
>
> Like any powerful tool, however, Auto-GPT has its limitations — and 
> risks.
>
>     AutoGPT just exceeded PyTorch itself in GitHub stars (74k vs 65k). 
> I see AutoGPT as a fun experiment, as the authors point out too. But 
> nothing more. Prototypes are not meant to be production-ready. Don't 
> let media fool you – most of the "cool demos" are heavily 
> cherry-picked: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/I44H7BkCqr
>
>     — Jim Fan (@DrJimFan) April 16, 2023
>
> Depending on what objective the tool’s provided, Auto-GPT can behave 
> in very… unexpected ways. One Reddit user claims that, given a budget 
> of $100 to spend within a server instance, Auto-GPT made a wiki page 
> on cats, exploited a flaw in the instance to gain admin-level access 
> and took over the Python environment in which it was running — and 
> then “killed” itself.
>
> There’s also ChaosGPT, a modified version of Auto-GPT tasked with 
> goals like “destroy humanity” and “establish global dominance.” 
> Unsurprisingly, ChaosGPT hasn’t come close to bringing about the robot 
> apocalypse — but it has tweeted rather unflatteringly about humankind.
>
> Arguably more dangerous than Auto-GPT attempting to “destroy humanity” 
> are the unanticipated problems that can crop up in otherwise perfectly 
> normal scenarios, though. Because it’s built on OpenAI’s language 
> models — models that, like all language models, are prone to 
> inaccuracies — it can make errors.
>
> That’s not the only problem. After successfully completing a task, 
> Auto-GPT usually doesn’t recall how to perform it for later use, and — 
> even when it does — it often won’t remember to use the program. 
> Auto-GPT also struggles to effectively break complex tasks into 
> simpler sub-tasks and has trouble understanding how different goals 
> overlap.
>
> “Auto-GPT illustrates the power and unknown risks of generative AI,” 
> Clara Shih, the CEO of Salesforce’s Service Cloud and an Auto-GPT 
> enthusiast, said via email. “For enterprises, it is especially 
> important to include a human in the loop approach when developing and 
> using generative AI technologies like Auto-GPT.”
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