What Is AutoGPT? A Simple Installation Guide

1. AutoGPT

Recently, the hot topic has been AutoGPT. I must say, AI is developing so fast that new things are coming out every few days, and we can barely keep up with the times.

AutoGPT is an open-source application that showcases the capabilities of the GPT-4 language model. This program is powered by GPT-4 and autonomously develops and manages tasks. Simply put, you give AutoGPT a topic, and it will think for itself, providing the steps and implementation details.

AutoGPT open-source address: https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/Auto-GPT

Effect demonstration:

What Is AutoGPT? A Simple Installation Guide

2. Installation Process

Preparation:

  • A cloud server overseas or local will do, but the local network needs to be able to access OpenAI.

We will directly follow the installation steps on Github without any other pitfalls. Here, we take the cloud server Ubuntu as an example.

2.1 Install Python3

apt-get install python3

2.2 Configuration Acquisition

  1. Obtain the API key for your ChatGPT account at: https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys
  2. (Optional) Obtain the PINECONE API key at: https://www.pinecone.io

2.3 Installation

Download the code:

git clone https://github.com/Torantulino/Auto-GPT.git

Navigate to the directory and install dependencies:

# Navigate to the directory
cd Auto-GPT

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

2.4 Modify Configuration

Rename the .env.template file to .env:

mv .env.template .env

Edit the .env file and write in your OpenAI key:

vim .env

Modify the content as follows:

What Is AutoGPT? A Simple Installation Guide

2.5 Run

python3 -m autogpt

You can now run AutoGPT in the command line!

3. Effect Demonstration

What Is AutoGPT? A Simple Installation Guide

Overall, the performance is average and not as impressive as advertised online. It might also be because I’m still using GPT-3.5; using GPT-4 would yield better results.

Everyone can try it out themselves, and feel free to share your experiences afterward.

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