Sure seems like it would. A big part of DOTA balance these days is Icefrog (DOTA's BDFL) talking to pro players and about the meta-game and observing pro play to figure out what should change. Having pro-level AIs that you could just set lose to play 100,000 games and then come back to you with statistics about the current patch would probably help a lot.
I think it would also raise the level of play that we see from pros. That's what happened with chess bots when they got good enough to be the best human players.
I think it would also raise the level of play that we see from pros. That's what happened with chess bots when they got good enough to be the best human players.