How to Try AutoGPT Right Now
If you're interested in trying out AutoGPT, a new AI technology that uses GPT-4, here's how you can get started.
Build your own AutoGPT AI agent
You don't need to know how to code in order to build your own AI agent with AutoGPT, but it helps. You'll need a computer, an OpenAI API key (a pay as you go plan is highly recommended), a text editor (like Notepad++), Git (or the latest stable release of AutoGPT), and Python. However, there are plenty of other requirements if you want to expand AutoGPT's capabilities, such as integrating speech or alternative memory locations such as Pinecone.
AutoGPT's GitHub page has an extensive list of instructions for setting up the tool as well as adding in those extras. Tom's Hardware also has a great guide for simple set up if all you're looking to do is try out an AI agent with AutoGPT. If you do build it yourself, mind your token usage to avoid accidentally using all your credits.
Use pre-built interfaces
If building an AI agent from scratch seems too complex, you can use pre-built interfaces for AutoGPT that are easy to access from your web browser. Some developers have built interfaces for AutoGPT that don't require coding experience. Cognosys was free to use until high demand forced developers to require an OpenAI API key in order to access. AgentGPT is another example you don't need an API key for, but it limits the amount of tasks the AI will generate for itself. Still, it will give you a sense of how the process works, and you can increase those limits by providing an API key.
The promise of AutoGPT
AutoGPT is a complex system that uses multiple components, connects to the internet to retrieve specific information and data, and uses GPT-4 for OpenAI’s most advanced text generation, and GPT-3.5 for file storage and summarization. While it's still in its early stages, it has shown promise. With AutoGPT, you only need to provide one prompt; from there, the AI agent generates a task list it thinks it will need to accomplish the given task. As long as your initial goals are clear, the AI can think of those next steps for you and build things you might not have been able to think of yourself.
While AutoGPT is not yet a revolution, it is a fun experiment that makes it easy for the general public to tinker with. Its ease of use and impressive results suggest that this type of technology will advance quickly going forward.
