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GPTs (Custom AI Agents) - The First Step Toward Personalized AI
In the near future, we'll be able to create our own AI assistants with minimal programming knowledge. On Monday, ChatGPT developer OpenAI introduced GPTs ( Custom AI Agents ), a tool that lets users create specialized versions of its conversational AI assistants with different roles and purposes. It's the first step toward a future where AI expertise across countless domains can be packaged into apps that anyone can use. You'll be able to build a GPT for cooking assistance, medical diagnosis, guitar tutoring, and even turning your ideas into die-cut stickers.

Creating your own GPT is easy enough that anyone can do it, regardless of previous experience with AI. Using the "GPT Builder," you can define properties that influence how an AI assistant works, and you'll be able to see the effect of your changes in real time. It's also possible to upload custom instructions and data, which can enhance the performance of an AI assistant in specific domains.

You can also upload a profile picture and description that help your GPT stand out and convey its personality. Ultimately, your GPT can be as simple or as advanced as you want it to be—but at the core is an AI that's built for you and only you, with a clear and compelling purpose.

It's easy to envision a future where personal AI agents are used by everyone from educators and hobbyists to professionals and entrepreneurs. They'll be a part of our daily lives, assisting with tasks that we don't have the time or skills to do ourselves, such as scheduling meetings or searching for information online. They could also work alongside other personal AI agents or larger, company-wide AI systems to automate repetitive and low-level tasks—freeing us up to focus on the things that only humans can do.

This shift toward personalized AI is part of a broader trend towards AGI, or artificial general intelligence, which would enable machines to learn from and perform any task in the way that humans do. AGI would be one giant leap forward from the current state of AI, where it's still only able to carry out narrowly defined functions like recognizing objects and performing basic language processing.

The GPT Store and broader community engagement with Custom AI Agents represents an emerging ecosystem that combines technological innovation with community collaboration to empower people to harness the power of AGI. GPTs can be used as personal tools, exclusive to a single person, or shared with the broader community, with robust privacy controls ensuring that users remain in control of their own data.

But despite the tremendous potential of personal AI agents, there are some significant risks and challenges that need to be addressed before we'll get there. One of the most critical is the issue of responsibility: Who should be held accountable when an AI system makes a mistake? As we move closer to the point when AI can operate on its own, new laws and industry guardrails will need to be established to make it clear who's responsible for mistakes.
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