Fortnite's Racist AI Darth Vader

ThisAdamGuy

Proud inventor of the chocolate onion
Joined
Sep 4, 2024
Messages
1,005
Points
128
I'm not a Fortnite fan. I don't despise it like some people do, but I don't really like it either. What I do enjoy is watching trainwrecks, like the one the Fortnite devs currently find themselves in. They had the brilliant idea to put Darth Vader in the game as an AI controlled squadmate, with a fully functioning chatbot attached to it. That way if you have voice chat enabled, you can talk to him and he'll actually respond. It honestly sounds kinda cool, but the devs messed up somehow while programming his filters because, well...he doesn't have a filter. This has led to people uploading clips of him saying the most unhinged things imaginable, like ranking skin colors in a tier list, threatening to kill people in real life, killing his own squad if they insult him, and lots and lots of swearing, memes, and sex. And I am 100% here for it. This is a modern day Icarus story, and imagining the absolute panic the Fortnite devs must be in trying to patch their rogue AI puts a gigantic smile on my face. Hearing Darth Vader say the words "big booty Latinas" was not on my list of things I thought I would happen today, but I am so very happy that it did.

Here's a compilation of some of the funniest clips. You're welcome.
 

georgelee5786

I'll never let you down when you're riding with me
Joined
Mar 6, 2022
Messages
4,017
Points
183
It's hilarious. The only thing i find repulsive is using an AI to mimick James Earl Jones
 

georgelee5786

I'll never let you down when you're riding with me
Joined
Mar 6, 2022
Messages
4,017
Points
183
Well, it's not really mimicking him. They're using voice samples that he, himself, sold before his death for exactly this purpose.
1000014932.jpg

 

ThisAdamGuy

Proud inventor of the chocolate onion
Joined
Sep 4, 2024
Messages
1,005
Points
128
I know. I'm saying, James Earl Jones sold those voice samples with the explicit intention of them being used by an AI so they could continue to use his voice after his death. If they were doing this without permission then I would agree, but he willingly and knowingly made this business deal himself, so there's nothing repulsive about it.
 

georgelee5786

I'll never let you down when you're riding with me
Joined
Mar 6, 2022
Messages
4,017
Points
183
I know. I'm saying, James Earl Jones sold those voice samples with the explicit intention of them being used by an AI so they could continue to use his voice after his death. If they were doing this without permission then I would agree, but he willingly and knowingly made this business deal himself, so there's nothing repulsive about it.
For some reason I thought Jones died way earlier than he actually did and was going off that assumption. Carry on mogging
 

Garolymar

Active member
Joined
Jan 31, 2025
Messages
170
Points
43
I saw something similar to this, but it was a Skyrim NPC that had a chat bot connected to it, it could give you quests and stuff. I think it'll be really cool feature if we can get followers in RPGs that you can actually talk to.
 

Gray_Mann

Well-known member
Joined
Jul 16, 2024
Messages
519
Points
108

CharlesEBrown

Well-known member
Joined
Jul 23, 2024
Messages
4,572
Points
158
like ranking skin colors in a tier list

Is the company behind Fortnite South African? Read a novel back in college by a South African native where they delineated the nine levels of society based on skin color (with those who could trace their ancestry to India being "below the bottom" tier, and the white Boers at the top)
 

SirDogeTheFirst

Well-known member
Joined
Feb 11, 2021
Messages
412
Points
103
Having an AI with no filters is basically asking for people to create Super Hitler, but I guess internet took a different path, and chsnged so much that we got this beautiful creation instead of James Earl Jones throwing racial slurs at 11 year olds.
 
Top