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It’s hard to keep up with the constant developments in generative AI.

It’s moving so fast, and that’s not down to companies like Microsoft and OpenAI alone.

An image of an AI robot stood in front of code generated by Bing Image Creator

What AutoGPT looks like running inside a terminal.

The developer community and enthusiasts all around the world are already starting to stretch what this technology can do.

AutoGPT is one such project and is already being hailed as the next big thing.

It’s like takingChatGPTorBing Chatand letting it run wild.

Example of AutoGPT running in the terminal

What AutoGPT looks like running inside a terminal.

AutoGPT has quickly become the hottest repo on GitHub, andanyonecan try it out for themselves.

What is AutoGPT exactly?

AutoGPT is a project developed initially by an independent developer going by the handleSignificant Gravitas.

Godmode is a way to try AutoGPT from the comfort of the browser

Godmode is a way to try AutoGPT from the comfort of the browser

In simple terms, AutoGPT uses GPT-4 to act autonomously.

The official client is built in Python and requires a little bit of work to set up.

For the average, casual user, though, this is a pretty intense process.

Bing Chat responding to a query about AutoGPT

Bing Chat is considerably less in depth than AutoGPT when given the same prompts showing how powerful it can be.

The easier way is to use a tool spawned from AutoGPT calledGodmode.

But it’s really easy to use.

As with ChatGPT or Bing Chat, your first step is to say what you want it to do.

Project outline devised by AutoGPT

AutoGPT generated a potential project it could build without being specifically asked before starting to generate the code by itself.

From there you might add sub tasks that will help AutoGPT figure out how to deliver what you want.

But there comes a point you’ll need to reign it in because it can goreallydeep.

While its power is impressive, it can be fairly slow since it’s iterating each step.

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Nevertheless, it’s really exciting and is going to spawn some very interesting projects.

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