The Anatomy of Autonomy: Why Agents are the next AI Killer App after ChatGPT

First off, a primer on autonomous agents: - Give them a task - Give them memory - Give them access to tools - They decide on-the-fly how to accomplish your task and remove you from this process because... it's autonomous - Watch them attempt to do the work

First, here a generalized framework for an autonomous agent :

1. Initialize Goal : Define the objective for the AI.


2. Task Creation : The AI checks its memory for the last X tasks completed (if any), and then uses it’s objective, and the context of it’s recently completed tasks, to generate a list of new tasks.


3. Task Execution : The AI executes the ta

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Autonomous agents are programs, powered by AI, that when given an objective are able to create tasks for themselves, complete tasks, create new tasks, reprioritize their task list, complete the new top task, and loop until their objective is reached.

Finding the right balance between autonomy and control depends on the specific application space. Park says one of the main challenges with generative agents is that they need a very clear objective function.

In addition to analyzing their objective, and coming up with tasks, autonomous agents can have a range of abilities that can enable them to complete any digital task a human could, such as:

• Access to browsing the internet and using apps


• Long-term and short-term memory


• Control of your computer


• Access to a credit card or other form of payment


• Ac

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