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Re:Auto-GPT: An Autonomous GPT-4 Experiment by startupsfail on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:21PM (#35414761)
I agree. Overall the whole situation feels like we’ve just entered atomic age and are proliferating plutonium, while selling shiny radioactive toys [I’m actually pretty serious here, the effects of prolonged interactions with an AI haven’t been evaluated yet, technically there is even a possibility of overriding a weak personality].

But it still feels like it is much safer to let GPT-4 loose and assess the consequences. If compared to developing GPT-8 in private and letting it leak accidentally.

Re:Auto-GPT: An Autonomous GPT-4 Experiment by jjoonathan on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:41PM (#35414962)
Yes. The only possible way this gets taken seriously is if a mediocre AI tries a power move, causes some damage, and faceplants before it's too big to stop.
Re:Auto-GPT: An Autonomous GPT-4 Experiment by startupsfail on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:49PM (#35415044)
I would not be surprised, if GPT-4 (in its optimal environment, with access to a well-working external memory, prompted in a right way, etc) is already capable enough to do an interesting power move.
Re:Auto-GPT: An Autonomous GPT-4 Experiment by smodad on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:25PM (#35414795)
For sure. Just to be clear, I'm not saying the situation we're in where we have to release it to the general public is a great situation to be in. But I think we're at a point where there's not any optimal solutions, only tradeoffs.
Re:Auto-GPT: An Autonomous GPT-4 Experiment by cleanchit on Sunday April 02, 2023 @05:20PM (#35415354)
Alright who plugged gpt into his hn account?
Re:Auto-GPT: An Autonomous GPT-4 Experiment by selfhoster11 on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:57AM (#35419531)
> technically there is even a possibility of overriding a weak personality

Similar reflections here. There was even a site called GPT My Life that lets you delegate planning your day to GPT. I imagine this is a proto-version of that.