Nicholas, the owner of the YouTube channel Basically Homeless, has been at the forefront of technology and gaming for over 15 years with his extraordinary content. Now, he’s taken these unconventional approaches to the next level. He’s managed to create a super-fast aimbot, a game where he manipulates his muscles with electrical signals using a system attached to his arm. His goal was to achieve a reaction time that would surpass the reflexes of even professional gamers.

At the age of 30, Nicholas noticed his reflexes slowing down and posed an intriguing question: “What if your computer sends the signal directly to your muscles?” With this idea, he built an artificial intelligence system that analyzes the game screen in real time.

How does the aimbot work?

The system Nicholas developed continuously scans the Counter-Strike 2 screenshot. When the software detects enemies, it sends an electric shock to Nicholas’s arm muscles via a Raspberry Pi. This signal directs Nicholas’s hand toward the enemy within milliseconds. His trigger finger is also automatically stimulated to fire.

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He says the setup process wasn’t easy. He went through countless trials and errors to place the right electrodes on the right muscles. He was helped along the way by his girlfriend’s younger brother.

In the first tests, the system was shown to direct Nicholas’s arm to the target in less than 100 milliseconds (ms) when it spotted an enemy. This cut his natural reflex time by almost half. However, the system also had some drawbacks: The electric shocks were painful. Accuracy decreased because the muscles involuntarily resisted.

To overcome these issues, Nicholas upgraded from a Raspberry Pi to a more powerful computer, and this time, he encountered the problem of distinguishing between enemies and teammates. He says he solved this problem by using an AI model specifically trained for CS2.

After all these improvements, the system finally started working smoothly. Nicholas explains that once, without noticing an enemy, the computer turned its arm to the target and fired. He notes that his teammates were surprised and thought he was cheating.

Nicholas doesn’t consider this system a cheat because he maintains that no software directly affects the game. However, this situation, like the recent aimbot debate, creates an ethical gray area. How you interpret this technology is entirely up to you.