With a total of 115 playable heroes, Dota 2 is one of the most complex and difficult games as of right now. So, you can pretty much imagine just how much blood and sweat professional Dota 2 players have spilled to achieve the feats which they have accomplished. However, during The International 2017, we saw something which only seemed like a gag at first. But now, things are starting to get a whole lot more serious. I am talking about the implementation of AI Bots in the world of Dota 2.

During The International 2017, when Elon Musk’s team revealed details regarding its brand new start-up called OpenAI, everyone was quite impressed. However, the real bit which took the community with shock was when that same bot annihilated one of the greatest Dota 2 players in history, Danil “Dendi” Ishutin. And this was just the start. In the next few days, the same bot took a number of other major Dota 2 personalities.

It was at this moment, I realized that things are in for a major change in the world of Dota 2. However, at the time, the community disagreed and claimed that this match between the Bot and Pro player was just for fun and no future developments are going to be made as Bots can’t really beat professional teams as a whole. Well, it seems things are not looking good for the Dota 2 pro scene as major tech personalities are now showing an interest in OpenAI and its progress in the game.

Just check out the tweet by the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates:

This is just one of many amazing projects I had a chance to see at @OpenAI, where they’re working to ensure as many people benefit from AI as possible. This is an incredibly important mission, and I’m excited to see more of their work. — Bill Gates (@BillGates) June 26, 2018

And if you haven’t already heard, BTS has organized its BOT International Tournament which I understand is a meme event, but this opens the gates for future events which will feature AI bots. Furthermore, as talked about in the previous TI, a 5v5 Pro vs Bot match is expected to take place during The International 8. So, hopefully, we will get an idea of how far away are we from a takeover from Pro players to Bots. Just check out this trailer of OpenAI five down below:

Who knew this could be a threat to the professional world of Dota 2, a couple of years back? Comment below and let me know what you think of all this, do you think we should actually be worried?