Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API

I'd be interested in knowing if anyone is seriously using the assistants API, it feels like such a lock in to OpenAIs platform when your can alternatively just use completions that are much more easily interchanged.

Re: Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API

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Post by beoberha » Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:04 AM UTC

From the website linked in the readme:

“A lot of research has been doing in this are and we can expect a lot more in 2024 in this space. I promise to share some clarity around where I think this industry is headed. In personal talks I have warned that multi-agent systems are complex and hard to get right. I've seen little evidence of real-world use cases too”

These assistant systems fascinate me, but I just don’t have the time and energy to set something up. I was going to ask if anyone had a good experience with it, but the above makes it sound like there’s not much hope at the moment. Curious what other people’s experience are.

Re: Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API

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Post by csouzaf » Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:16 AM UTC

What's the use cases people are using Multi AI Agents to solve problems that deliver real value? Someone has something with your hands on right now?

Re: Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API

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Post by coffeebeqn » Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:18 AM UTC

csouzaf wrote: post #6

What's the use cases people are using Multi AI Agents to solve problems that deliver real value? Someone has something with your hands on right now?

I tried the last crop. Interesting idea but the success rate of any real multi step task always approached 0% the longer it went

Re: Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API

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Post by obiefernandez » Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:23 AM UTC

My main conversation “loop” at https://olympia.chat has tool functions connected to “helper AIs” for things such as integrating with email. It lets me minimize functions on the main loop and actually works really well.

Re: Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API

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Post by phh » Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:27 AM UTC

xrendan wrote: post #4

I'd be interested in knowing if anyone is seriously using the assistants API, it feels like such a lock in to OpenAIs platform when your can alternatively just use completions that are much more easily interchanged.

I've indeed refused to work with some providers giving only a chat interface and not a completion interface because it made the communication "less natural" to the model (like adding new system messages in between for function calling on models which don't officially does it, or adding other categories than system/user/assistant)

Re: Multi AI agent systems using OpenAI's assistants API

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Post by m3kw9 » Sat, May 18, 2024, 12:27 AM UTC

beoberha wrote: post #5

From the website linked in the readme: “A lot of research has been doing in this are and we can expect a lot more in 2024 in this space. I promise to share some clarity around where I think this industry is headed. In personal talks I have warned that multi-agent systems are complex and hard to get right. I've seen little evidence of real-world use cases too” These assistant systems fascinate me, but I just don’t hav…

By the time you do get around to it OpenAi would have built a full interface for this. This is the type of stuff that’s gonna get steamrolled.