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.
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