When cheating software is not allowed, but you've reached your physical limit, why not just cheat in real life?
US-based tech YouTuber Basically Homeless, known for his absurd gaming inventions, has developed a... let's just say "unique" approach to improve his performance in video games. Instead of his brain activating his arm muscles on its own to aim and shoot at competing players, he decided to let AI take over.
The process
Seeing as human muscle movements are mostly determined by our nervous system, which administers small electric shocks to issue "commands", various people throughout history have come to the conclusion that the supply of external shocks to the body could be used as a valid method of outside control of body movements.
While this has mostly been used a means of torture and – more recently in history – advanced protheses, connecting the shock-administering unit to a video game aim bot in order to move the player's arm in the right direction is certainly an innovation.
Basically Homeless demonstrated this application to his over two million subscribers in a video uploaded on August 11th 2025, titled "Neuromuscular Aim Assist". He used the image recognition capabilities of existing cheat software for Counter-Strike 2 to let the computer manually "steer" his arms and fingers into the right directions.
The implications
Surprisingly, after a lot of fiddling around, his device and software proved somewhat effective. From detecting the enemies on screen to firing on them, his physical aim assist allowed Basically Homeless to reduce his reaction time from 201 ms to only 95 ms... if he managed to hit the correct target, that is.
At the conclusion of his video, the system was still very flawed, with especially the AI-driven recognition software causing issues by mistaking teammates or other objects as enemies, issuing electric shocks that caused the YouTuber to fire at innocent targets. Furthermore, the physical pain caused by its use led the YouTuber to deem his design unviable for casual play.
I don't know if I want to spend the three hours a week I get gaming getting tased in the arm.
There may be a future where his invention makes the "wearer" the fastest in the world, but until then, a lot more testing certainly would need to be conducted. In the meantime, we can only anticipate Basically Homeless doing a sequel video... or the military refining the concept for their own purposes.
But what do you think? Is it possible for something like this to be more widely adopted if made more user-friendly? Is such a future even desirable? Let us know in the comments below!