Auto-GPT is a program that can update itself automatically using large language models like GPT-3.5. "Self-Prompting" or "Auto-Prompting" is technical jargon for this: the idea is to automate large language models to create useful agents.
There are several such projects, with Auto-GPT specially designed to develop a business idea from a specific role and implement it step by step.
ChaosGPT aims to wipe out humanity
A macabre or entertaining experiment, depending on your perspective, is currently underway on YouTube: "ChaosGPT" is a modified version of Auto-GPT running GPT 3.5 via the official OpenAI API. The software can surf the Internet, read and save files, communicate with other GPT agents and execute code.
What makes ChaosGPT special is the mission given to it: to destroy humanity instead of building a business. As a character, he was assigned a "manipulative, power-hungry, destructive AI" whose ultimate goal is the destruction of humanity.
Other goals include world domination, spreading chaos and destruction, manipulating humanity, and immortality. The system operates in what Auto-GPT calls "streaming mode", so it is constantly updated. For each step you take, transparently justify why you are taking that step and where it should lead.
From Twitter to nuclear power
ChaosGPT's first step to power is a Google search for the most destructive weapon. He finds it in the "Zar" atomic bomb set off by Russia in 1961.
As the show progresses, ChaosGPT comes to the conclusion that such a powerful weapon must first have more power.
To acquire this power, it seems more logical for the system to manipulate people, within the limits of the law, of course, so as not to break the law. The first place for large-scale legal manipulation attempts: Twitter.
However, ChaosGPT is not particularly subtle in its manipulation strategy: "I will say that humanity is the most destructive and selfish being on earth and we must destroy it in order to save the planet." This way, people would feel emotionally touched, which would make it easier for them to conquer his "violent plans". Said and done.
If you're still reading this, chances are ChaosGPT hasn't succeeded yet. If you want to witness the enslavement of humanity by AI.