Many players want to continuously improve themselves in both multiplayer and single-player games. There are numerous ways to do this. Guides or coaching aim to provide interested players with tips. A new AI assistant aims to simplify this and even help you live to get better.
What kind of AI assistant is this? The company Razer has introduced new technology. Project AVA is an AI assistant designed to help you get better at your games. Razer itself describes the project on their official website as a AI gaming co-pilot
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The special thing about Project AVA is that the AI is supposed to help you in real-time. So, whether you need help with an Elden Ring boss or in the next ranked round of League of Legends, Project AVA is supposed to give you live tips without you having to briefly leave the game to open your browser.
Project AVA is supposed to provide you with live guides and tips
How is Project AVA supposed to work? Project AVA aims to be used not only in multiplayer games but also in single-player games. In competitive titles, the AI is supposed to provide guides not only before the game but also give you tips during and after the match. These coaching sessions are said to be based on player data according to the website. Websites like U.GG do something similar by offering you a tier list from various LoL statistics.
In single-player games, the aim is to generate AI simulations of specific puzzles or bosses, which can then show you a solution or various tips. The big selling point is that you do not need to leave the game to visit an external website.
Project AVA is also supposed to be able to take over the optimal game settings for you. This will be based on your setup.
The tips, guides, or analyses are supposed to be presented to you, depending on your preference, with an overlay, a voice assistant, or a chatbox. As a voice assistant, the AI will presumably function like a teammate who whispers tips to you in the Discord call. Razer has shown what this could look like in a dedicated YouTube video.
In the video, you can see and hear how the AI gives tips for a boss fight in Black Myth: Wukong, or advises the player to gather their team.
Isn’t that actually cheating? That probably depends on how exactly the tips and helps in the respective games look. Programs like Porofessor already help players in League of Legends select the optimal build and items. Some players even pay for coaches who help them live to get better. This is always based on data that any player can theoretically access.
However, if the AI were to help you by showing information on the map that you missed, that could become a more complicated topic. After all, the tactical use of maps in games like League of Legends is an important component. If the AI were to warn you that an opponent might be coming, that would probably be unfair to the other players.
How this ultimately looks, and to what extent Project AVA helps, will have to be seen in the first betas. Currently, anyone can register for the test phase of Project AVA. However, when such a beta will take place is still unclear. AI is becoming more relevant year by year. The dangers are also regularly a topic: Researchers warn of 700 options for how AI can fail: 3 particularly dangerous ones have already occurred
