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Deep Learning to Detect Cheating in CS:GO

max4warn · Talk · 1 h 6 min · 2018 · YouTube title: GDC 2018: John McDonald (Valve) - Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in CSGO
Why it's here

HN points to it as the definitive example of server-side, behavioral, non-invasive anti-cheat using machine learning, often as a counterpoint to kernel-level anti-cheat.

What it covers

A GDC 2018 talk by Valve's John McDonald on VACNet, a deep learning system that analyzes CS:GO gameplay to detect cheaters. It covers how the model is trained on human-reviewed Overwatch cases and how its output feeds human moderation.