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New Monitor from MSI with built in AI....hacks?

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New MSI monitor can give you night vision, make you impervious to flash bangs, and even provide a little aim assist from an AI companion. The future of PVP gaming is probably an IRL hacks arms race, and there is something cool about that in a cyberpunk sense. What do you guys think? Can someone get VAC banned for unknowingly buying the wrong monitor? I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Monitor is called the MSI MEG X

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Luckily i don't play competitive shooters in Multiplayer but it would piss me off if would be a victim in game because of cheating from people with this monitor.
 
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Kind of odd seeing a recognizable big-name brand put this out. Sucks to think you might be playing against someone using this and a Cronus controller, while you're just trying to have some fun and unwind after working all day.
 
every developer should implement a system that detects the ID of the monitor, then warns you the moment you get into the menu that your Monitor is not allowed to be used in competitive play,
and if the user ignores the warning and tries to matchmake, the game should instantly ban the user.
 
I'm curious how they'd detect this kind of cheat, but it's silly to me.

An actual benefit to an AI monitor would be if you're color-blind, and it could automatically overlay different color-blind modes using AI to help people on older games or indies that didn't have the resources to implement.

I don't get the point in spending money on a game + this monitor just to cheat over other players for e-peen feelings.
 
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MSI cheating monitors is old news:

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Thread 'AI assisted cheating built into monitors has finally arrived!'

www.tomshardware.com

MSI's AI-Powered Gaming Monitor Helps You Cheat at League of Legends, Looks Great Doing It

MSI's MEG 321URX QD-OLED uses built-in AI to flag enemy positions for you.
www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com

The best part of this is that it is undetectable by the game because the AI processing occurs in the monitor. Thank God I don't play online games anymore lolol, AI is going to revolutionize cheating on online games the next few years
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I remembered HFX4 saying he might get one to test a while back here:

HeisenbergFX4

Thread 'The MSI MEG 321URX A.I. "cheaters" monitor is coming for $1699'



Time stamp is at 3:45 in case it doesn't work properly in the link

This monitor that uses AI is coming and priced at $1699, at least that was the text I got from a local shop asking if I wanted to get one preordered when they go live

I will be the guinea pig here and see what it does and does not do as soon as I can get it here :)
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Reminds me of when monitors with built in crosshairs first came out, and it was undetectable in multiplayers games with no-crosshairs allowed because it was monitor side and not the computer itself.
 
In an ideal world there would be some sort of competition friendly interfacing that forces disabling in certain game modes. But I guess that would mean MSI implementing a USB connection and an API, games getting patches to support it, and last but not least; honesty from the user to use it all and not fake the hardware ID.

In short, I think it will take a lot of work to keep it in check. I like to think it won't take off, but we already have people paying subscriptions for cheats so this really isn't far fetched.
 
I'm surprised they are not total gimmicks and I could see some of them being helpful in sp gameplay or as accessibility options, especially AI Vision. Your hardware recognizing you're in a very dark place and trying to assist without overdoing it with the brightness should be a more common thing (as an optional feature, of course).
 
Well, similar things have been happening for quite some time now, even before the rise of AI.
I remember someone writing a python app to get the highscore at the Mario Odyssey volleyball game that would read the ball position from the screen and send it to the controller with full automation.

I also know someone who wrote an external aimbot for CS, that would read the hitboxes from the videosignal and send the exact position to the mouse controller, all powered by a Raspberry Pi.

With "AI" it's now even simpler. We'll move towards something like high-frequency stock trading, where the external peripheries decides who wins.
 
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*sigh* Looks like I have to add AI-Free monitors to my list of tech to stock up on before the AI-pocalypse

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You better be including the FM Towns II. FFS!
www.ebay.com

Fujitsu - FM Towns II HR - Computer - Japanese | eBay

The computer is in great condition for its age with only minor scuffs on the top. This is a Japanese computer so will need a step down to plug into for use. We will try our best to reduce the risk of the custom duties.
www.ebay.com
 
Monitor tracking enemies for you, controller/mouse moving aim for you, at this point you should just let AI play the game by itself as your AI girlfriend take care of you.
 
I don't know how to feel about this,
Gaming means to be fun for me, sometimes I like to be competitive, but not on this level.

Do we really need to be this aggressive for playing video games? I don't think even e-sports players need this degree of hacks.

Perhaps the reason why I mainly play single player games nowadays. Man, I really miss the old days of playing Mario Kart wii or Halo in front of our TVs together with school friends.
 
This shit needs to be banned ASAP. Even if some of the features "aren't that bad" remember this is first generation bullshit and it will only get worse from here if its allowed to develop further.
 
Great, now developers will be more incentivised to access for more data to your hardware just to stop "cheaters". Why do I feel this is just a trojan horse to get companies to take over the PC to the point it becomes untenable or force everyone to the cloud?
 
Woah, who thought this would be a good idea? Games will have to implement something to prevent people from playing with specific hardware.
 
A year or two ago(?) there were vids of new gaming monitors that helped gamers get the upper hand too. It showed LoL and the gamer's screen would show arrows which direction enemies were coming from off screen. Not sure what ever happened to those monitors. Not sure if they even released.

(Edit: Googling it, it's the same monitor)
 
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Monitor tracking enemies for you, controller/mouse moving aim for you, at this point you should just let AI play the game by itself as your AI girlfriend take care of you.
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I hear gen-z rather watch streamers play games , so there's this reality of watching games > physically interacting with it
 
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