When I use the Langchain Agent it feels like a black box. I want to be able to really understand how I can create an agent without using Langchain. I tried reading and understanding the “WebGPT: Browser-assisted question-answering with human feedback” paper but I get lost. Anyone know where I can …

Use my CurtGPT! It’s about as simple as it gets for creating your own agent. [image] CurtGPT: The Simple/Safe/Non-Crazy AI Agent for ALL! Community OK, here it is, CurtGPT. The AI Agent for ALL! import openai import time # Author: Curt Kennedy. # Date: Ap…

curt.kennedy , I have just tried it. I did it in VS Code Jupyter Notebook format so that I could see clearly what different sections of your code did. All I can say at this stage is that it works as you promised it would. I need to spend a bit more time with it to understand it better. Thank yo…

When I use the Langchain Agent it feels like a black box Seconded. I attempted to use Langchain when I started working on an agent ~3 weeks ago, but really struggled with understanding things when they went wrong (and a lot went wrong). I second @dliden recommendation of the Simon Willison pos…

Would you mind sharing some details about what you mean ‘OpenAI API client and build from there’.

Might be a bit late to jump on this. But would expect that he means use the Python package to connect to the OpenAI Api. Then build your workflow around it.

Hello guys. I am trying to build an ai financial advisor that can help people with their finances and provide financial education. I want the model to be able to remember a user profile so that it can provide personalized responses. How do you recommend me to start as an MVP and what tools should…

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dliden May 30, 2023, 3:04pm 2

I think this is a good place to start for a very clear explanation/example implementation of the ReAct pattern—I think this would be a good starting point for what you’re looking to learn:

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