AutoGPT is beautiful... but doesnt work

[DrLeandrin]

Hey there!

I've been using autogpt, and I gotta say, I'm a huge fan. I think it's got amazing potential and I've been following along as a spectator and tester since day one. The only problem is, it just doesn't work! Even after spending a bunch of money on APIs, I still can't get it to do what I want - I can't even get it to create a simple text file from a basic search.

I've tried everything the forums suggested. I've installed and reinstalled it on multiple machines and folders, but the results are always the same. It's just not working for me.

I'm pretty frustrated, to be honest. I really believe in this tool, but it just hasn't lived up to its potential for me. Have you guys had any similar experiences with autogpt, or do you have any advice for getting it to work? I'd really appreciate any insights you might have.

Anyway, thanks

Take care!

[DerPdeFeNdeR]

Can you provide more of an explanation of what is happening on your machine?

I thought it wasn't working at first, but realized that I was running Auto-GPT in a docker container. When I exec into the docker container I was able to see the files it created.

[endolith]

Yeah, it's pretty frustrating. Tries to use wrong commands, can't do basic tasks, produces bad json, and crashes constantly.

[anonhostpi]

Give it time. This is GH's hottest repository right now. So hot, I'm pretty sure it is causing GH outages. There was one this morning.

There's a new update or issue being addressed once every minute (not kidding), so give it a couple of weeks, and you'll be fine.

[jacksparrow124]

i agree with @anonhostpi, give it some time; but can you also give more context of the situation? Is the UI even opening? Or is the Interface opening and not working? as @anonhostpi said, new things are being added every minute. Bugs are inevitable to this big a project.
Just give it time, and eventually the bug or whatever is causing the issue will be fixed, whether it is an outage, or a bigger problem.

[amitjaiswal]

Same feedback here. Building cool stuff is fine, but then if there is no hope of translating it to a proper engineering system that runs without issues, then its already a lost cause.

[endolith]

It still doesn't work to do useful things, with GPT-4o, over a year later? 😕

[Oswald85000]

I wanted to share my recent experience with AutoGPT. I installed it a short while ago and am still exploring its mechanisms. Although I do not work in the IT field, ChatGPT has helped me immensely with the installation and finding alternatives to the errors encountered to use it effectively.

I use AutoGPT with Docker, and so far, it works correctly. As for its usage, I configured the .env file by giving it the necessary permissions to access directories, execute commands, scripts, and perform various tasks on my system such as creating files, text analysis, etc. Additionally, I use it with GPT-3.5 Turbo in the .env configuration to avoid excessive consumption.