Auto-GPT: New autonomous ‘AI agents’ Can Act Independently & Modify Their Own Code

 

The next phase of artificial intelligence is here, and it is already causing havoc in the technology sector.

The release of Auto-GPT last week, an artificial intelligence program capable of operating autonomously and developing itself over time, has encouraged a proliferation of autonomous “AI agents” that some believe could revolutionize the way we operate and live. 

Unlike current systems such as ChatGPT, which require manual commands for every activity, AI agents can give themselves new tasks to work on with the purpose of achieving a larger goal, and without much human interaction – an unparalleled level of autonomy for AI models such as GPT-4.

Experts say it’s difficult to predict the technology’s future consequences because it’s still in its early stages. 

According to Steve Engels, a computer science professor at the University of Toronto who works with generative AI, an AI agent is any artificial intelligence capable of performing a certain function without human intervention.
“The term has been around for decades,” he said. For example, programs that play chess or control video game characters are considered agents because “they have the agency to be able to control some of their own behaviors and explore the environment.”
This latest generation of AI agents is similarly autonomous,

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