Want to learn more about Counter-Strike bots with human-like movement powered by a transformer running on one CPU core? Check out @AIandGames 's new episode on MLMove (my dissertation): youtu.be/sOgfvb8y9j8 . The interview for the episode was a lot of fun!
Senior MLE @ Roblox, Stanford CS PhD '24
The opinions and positions expressed are my own and don't necessarily reflect those of Roblox.
Joined February 2021
- Do you work on AI/CV for videogames? The Second Workshop on Computer Vision for Videogames (CV2), held June 11th/12th 2025 in conjunction with CVPR 2025, is the perfect venue to showcase your research! Check out our CfP and submit your work at sites.google.com/view/cv2-2025!
- Version 0.1 of my CSGO Bots: davidbdurst.com/blog/csknow_be…. Let me know what you think! In particular, what looks least human in the gameplay videos? IPs to play with the bots: 52.63.34.158 (Australia), 18.217.27.8 (Ohio, US), 54.228.173.169 (Ireland)
- @dtugend and I figured out how to emulate CSGO POV demos using GOTV demos and HLAE: davidbdurst.com/blog/csknow_go…. @3kliksphilip or @basisspace or anyone else, do you have any advice on when the emulation might fail and how to improve it?
- CSGO Opponent: *has perfect game sense, wide swings only when correct* You: … This has happened to me far too often. Here's my plan for quantitatively studying game sense using the CSKnow spatio-temporal db project: davidbdurst.com/blog/csknow_ga…. Feedback greatly appreciated!

