Auto GPT: An Autonomous Business Development Tool

In this article, we discuss Auto GPT, an experimental open-source application that uses the GPT-4 language model to autonomously develop and manage businesses for increasing net worth. Explore the features of Auto GPT and walks through its installation process.

Features of Auto GPT

• Auto GPT is fully autonomous and has access to the internet.
• It has long-term and short-term memory power through Pinecone, which allows it to store task lists, iterate on them, execute them, and create new ones over time.
• It uses GPT-4 for text generation but can also use GPT 3.5 Turbo if you don't have access to GPT-4.
• It has access to popular websites and platforms and also has file storage and summarization through GPT 3.5.

Before installation starts, kindly ensure to have below Prerequisites:

1. Vistual studio code
2. Python 3.8 or later
3. OpenAI API key
4. PINECONE API key

Installation Process

• Clone the repository using git clone command from GitHub link provided in installation section of README.md file.
  
• Change directory into that folder using cd command followed by folder name "Auto-GPT".
  
• Install all dependencies listed in requirements.txt file using pip install -r requirements.txt.
  
• Open up your code editor (e.g., Visual Studio Code), rename .m.template file to .m, open it up, apply API keys for Pinecone and OpenAI.
  
• Setting up Pinecone Account

1. Go to pinecone.io and create a free account.
2. Under "API Keys" on the left side of the screen, copy the key value and paste it into line 1 of the .m file.
3. Copy the environment (region), found under "API Keys," and paste it into line 2 of the .m file.

• Running Main.py Script

1. Open Visual Studio Code and navigate to the scripts folder.
2. Click on main.pi and click on the play button in the top right corner.
3. The first time you run it, it will take some time to set up Pinecone instance.

• Once after you run the script successfully below prompt appears into terminal window.

How to begin with AutoGPT?

• Describing AI's Role

1.   Enter a name for your AI when prompted.
2.   Specify up to five goals for your AI.
3.   Example: creating unique post ideas on various social media websites, growing followers, coming up with a cadence for Twitter posts, etc.

• Creating an Action Plan for Your AI

1.  Once you have specified your goals, hit enter to continue.
2.  The program will generate an action plan based on your specified goals.
3.  Example: curating interesting articles related to law, sharing updates about business, sharing legal tips or insights, posting at least once a day, engaging with followers by responding to comments and retweeting relevant posts.

What program does by browsing through various Websites for Content?

• The program will browse websites, such as law.com(example), to find interesting articles related to your specified goals.
  
• It will also search for popular hashtags in the industry to better understand your target audience's interests.
  
• The program will reformulate its action plan based on its findings.
  
• The program will also provide criticisms and potential issues to consider.

Program does have important feature call "continuous mode". In continuous mode, the program runs without requiring confirmation at each step.

Conclusion

Auto GPT is an experimental open-source application that uses GPT-4 language model to autonomously develop and manage businesses for increasing net worth. It has several features, including internet access, long-term and short-term memory power through Pinecone, access to popular websites and platforms, file storage and summarization through GPT 3.5. The installation process involves cloning the repository from GitHub, installing dependencies listed in requirements.txt file, and applying API keys for Pinecone and OpenAI.

source- https://github.com/Torantulino/Auto-GPT