00:00Elon Musk challenges pro League of Legends team to battle Grok AI.
00:05Elon Musk's confidence in Grok AI has continued to generate headlines.
00:10In another instance of boasting the AI chatbot's capabilities,
00:13Musk has challenged pro gaming team T1 to a League of Legends showdown against his AI chatbot Grok5.
00:21Elon Musk wants League of Legends World 2025 champions to face his Grok AI in a game.
00:27Elon Musk has challenged the reigning League of Legends world champions T1 to a face-off against his AI, Grok5, in 2026.
00:36In a challenge posted on X, Musk claimed that Grok5 is designed to play any game simply by reading instructions.
00:43Let's see if Grok5 can beat the best human team League of Legends in 2026 with these important constraints, the post read, followed by two terms and conditions.
00:52Musk outlined the first as,
00:54can only look at the monitor with a camera, seeing no more than what a person with 20-20 vision would see.
01:01The second was outlined as reaction latency and click rate no faster than human.
01:06T1 leader, Faker has since accepted the challenge.
01:09Faker responded with a gif and a message saying,
01:12We are ready. Are you?
01:14The potential match between T1 and Grok5 has generated significant interest from esports players.
01:19Even Riot Games is on board, with co-founder and president Mark Merrill responding to Elon Musk's challenge, writing,
01:26Let's discuss.
01:27Meanwhile, ex-League of Legends pro-Eugene Paul Bulter-Park also expressed his interest in being part of the showdown.
01:34Would love to help and offer insight as a former League pro.
01:37I thought AI vs. Dota 2 was really interesting and always wanted to see it vs. League, he wrote.
01:43Researcher Oriol Vinyles, a StarCraft grandmaster, sparked Musk's interest with another exciting suggestion.
01:49He suggested that Grok5 take on Blizzard's iconic RTS game, StarCraft.
01:54Vinyles elevated the difficulty level by throwing in a bonus challenge, getting the AI to operate the mouse and keyboard.
02:00However, not everyone shares Elon Musk's faith in Grok AI's capabilities.
02:06Ex-League of Legends pro-Yiliang double-lift Peng was not convinced about the AI's chances, writing,
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