How to Install and Use Auto-GPT: An Autonomous AI Tool

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How to Install and Use Auto-GPT: An Autonomous AI Tool

author-Arjun ShaArjun Sha - Last Updated: April 20, 2023 4:03 pm

After the launch of ChatGPT, AI has brought a monumental change in how we perceive computing. You can now train your AI chatbot with your own data and develop apps with natural language. Developers are now working on the next big thing – Autonomous AI Agent – a peek into the beginning of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). Auto-GPT is one such tool that lets you achieve your goals by allowing LLMs to think, plan, and execute actions autonomously. You no longer need to add any input as the AI can think and take decisions rationally. So if you are interested, follow our tutorial and learn how to install and use Auto-GPT.


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Things to Know Before You Use Auto-GPT
1. You don’t need a powerful computer to install and use Auto-GPT. Any decent computer would do the job. The heavy lifting is done by OpenAI API on the cloud.

2. If you have access to the GPT-4 API, Auto-GPT would work best as it’s much better at thinking and coming to a conclusion. It’s also less prone to hallucination. If you do not have access already, you can join the waitlist for GPT-4 API access using the link here. However, you can also use the regular OpenAI API with the GPT-3.5 model.

3. Auto-GPT uses a lot of tokens, so you have to add billing details and set up spending limits once your free credit limit is exhausted.

4. Unlike the free version of ChatGPT, Auto-GPT can connect to the internet and find the latest information on any subject. So you can use it to access any webpage and capture information.


How to Set up Auto-GPT on Your PC
Step 1: Install Python and Pip
1. First off, download the latest version of Python from here for your platform and install it.


How to Install and Use Auto-GPT: An Autonomous AI Tool
2. On Windows, make sure to enable “Add python.exe to PATH” before installing Python. Now, click on “Install Now.” You can check out the in-depth tutorial to install Python and Pip on Windows via the link here.


How to Install and Use Auto-GPT: An Autonomous AI Tool
3. To test Python’s installation, open Windows Terminal and run the below commands. Both commands should return the version number. Linux and macOS users should use python3 and pip3 in these commands.

python --version
pip --version

python
Step 2: Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
1. Next, head over to this link to open the latest GitHub release page of Auto-GPT. Here, click on “Source code (zip)” to download the ZIP file.


Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
2. Now, double-click to extract the ZIP file and copy the “Auto-GPT” folder.



Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
3. Next, simply paste the folder to your choice of location.


folder
4. Now, open the folder to find a “.env.template” file here. Open it using Notepad or any text editor.


Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
5. Next, go to OpenAI’s website and get the API key. If you don’t have an account, create a free account and click on “Create a new secret key“. Now, copy the API key.


Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
6. After that, move to the text editor and paste the API in the “OPENAI_API_KEY” section. You can refer to the below image to get an idea.


openai api key
7. Next, open pinecone.io (visit) and create a free account. It will allow the LLM to retrieve relevant information from memory for AI applications.



Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
8. Here, click “API Keys” in the left sidebar and click on “Create API Key” in the right pane.


Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
9. Give a name like “autogpt” and click on “Create Key“.


Add API Keys to Use Auto-GPT
10. Now, copy the “Key Value” by clicking on the button.