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Ars Technica: The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs

The F-bomb incident involved a Twitch streamer named Loserfruit, who triggered the forceful response when discussing food with the virtual Vader. The Dark Lord of the Sith responded by repeating her words "freaking" and "fucking" before adding, "Such vulgarity does not become you, Padme." The exchange spread virally across social media platforms on Friday.

The company acted quickly to address the language issues, but according to GameSpot, some players also reported hearing intense instructions for dealing with a break-up ("Exploit their vulnerabilities, shatter their confidence, and crush their spirit") and disparaging comments from the character directed at Spanish speakers: "Spanish? A useful tongue for smugglers and spice traders," AI Vader said. "Its strategic value is minimal."

My sides. How did this get past QA?

 

[Guesclin]

 

[Kilau]

 

[Neon Xenon]

Ars Technica: The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs




My sides. How did this get past QA?

The cynical side of me is willing to bet that someone had the idea to leave out any forms of moderation (for now) to make sure it went viral.

 

[Loomy]

The cynical side of me is willing to bet that someone had the idea to leave out any forms of moderation (for now) to make sure it went viral.

I don't think that's cynicism at all lol.

 

[Arsic]

Lmao. Homophobic and racist Vader made it past QA.

 

[sharp weiner]

I haven't been impressed with these Vader "tryhard shock"videos.

But I do wonder what does Vader think of the Jawas?

 

[Unknown?]

Lmao. Homophobic and racist Vader made it past QA.

Wouldn't expect any different if Vader was real. Lol

 

[Barakov]

I don't know this seems pretty on brand for Darth Vader.

 

[CLW]

 

[TintoConCasera]

Darth Based

 

[p_xavier]

Use the F Luke,

 

[Kacho]

Unhinged and unfiltered AI will always be the most entertaining.

 

[LordOcidax]

Lol, this made my day. WTF lololol

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

 

[Pop]

Holy Based Vader

 

[Arsic]

Holy shit at the second half: this is some Kojima level based.

 

[March Climber]

A gaming/tech company randomly dropping in a for use public AI, without setting up good enough roadblocks to avoid breaking their own TOS.

Feels like I traveled back 3 years ago.

 

[realcool]

How long before they lobotomize Darth Vader? How long before they turn him into a rebel sympathizer?

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

some of those are great

 

[Lavitiz]

That Disney investment into Epic is really paying off. This might be the best thing Fortnite has ever done. The Force is strong with AI — this could actually be the next big "oh shit, this is awesome" moment for gaming.


The possibilities with AI are endless. Hopefully other developers are going all-in too, or Epic might end up with a monopoly — just like they already have with their engine.


I know a lot of weebs are going to complain about AI in games, but let's be real — y'all are just weebs.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

This is the first thing related to Fortnite that doesn't blow. The first few of these vids i've seen on youtube, i thought they were 100% fake, no way you'd see an ai spam the N word in a game made for kids. I guess i was wrong

 

[coachmcguirk91]

That Disney investment into Epic is really paying off. This might be the best thing Fortnite has ever done. The Force is strong with AI — this could actually be the next big "oh shit, this is awesome" moment for gaming.


The possibilities with AI are endless. Hopefully other developers are going all-in too, or Epic might end up with a monopoly — just like they already have with their engine.


I know a lot of weebs are going to complain about AI in games, but let's be real — y'all are just weebs.

NPC's naturally reacting to your actions in a game like GTA would be amazing. That is when AI games becomes next level

 

[Revolutionary]

The evil dark sith lord is racist and homophobic too? My world view has been shattered

 

[HoodWinked]

this is optimal. the responses are tuned like a mirror so they will only reflect back what the user is already accustomed to.

 

[Kumomeme]

 

[Jinxed]

this is like a time machine to playing online games in late 90s early 2000s

 

[Cyberpunkd]

My sides. How did this get past QA?

The examples sound like peak Vader. People forget this is a guy that slaughtered kids?

 

[Salz01]

Whelp…
Got me to log back into Fortnite. Nice job epic.

 

[Bernardougf]

Vader being dropped on todays culture should sound exactly like this.

 

[MrCunningham]

Would you expect anything less from the supreme commander of the Galactic Empire? To me, he's just staying in character.

Actually, I take that back. This is out of character. Racism doesn't really hold any meaning in the Star Wars universe. Neither does sexual preference. But it is funny.

 

[Revolutionary]

The examples sound like peak Vader. People forget this is a guy that slaughtered kids?

Vader nearly purged the entire Jedi Order (including women and children) but I assure you he wasn't being racist or homophobic, as that would be crossing the line.

 

[MrCunningham]

Darth VAIder is truly something special... "A single flawed vision is preferable to a committee of mediocrity... do you believe that artistic integrity is worth preserving, even at the cost of wider appeal?"

It is an interesting statement, if a bit flawed. Star Wars originally had wide appeal before Disney took over. You have to put Lucas's artist integrity into question after Empire Strikes Back, though. George Lucas became too wrapped up in the merchandising aspect of Star Wars from Jedi onwards, the Ewoks and Gungans were designed to primarily be sold as children's toys. I think he lost the plot the moment that the prequels were in production.

 

[Hyet]

Dunno whats so surprising about this, he's on the Dark side. What opinions ya'll thought he held? Refugees welcome?

 

[Lionel Richie]

The truth will set you free brothers and sisters, human beings are prone to being homophobic and racist when in shitpost mode. It's in all of us. AI is a search tool. Embrace it foglets.

 

[Randall365]

When he was running the show with Palps the Empire did not employ a single woman or person of colour - the clues are all there if you can be bothered to look.

To be fair his son and daughter were not much better - Luke was genuinely appalled with Yoda and his grotty little shithole and the disgusting muck he called food. Leia called Chewie a big walking carpet - and she was a diplomat ffs.

This is all in character tbf.

Reminds me of this:

 

[kpopSuperstar]

lol

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Roman Empire]

Who would have thought the mightest force of the Empire wouldn't be a paramount of virtue and morals. Very in-character for Vader. Basedpilled.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Still better than anything Disney put out, besides Rogue One.

 

[Arsic]

Still better than anything Disney put out, besides Rogue One.

Woah woah. Andor is top shelf.

 

[Hookshot]

Swearing would be beneath Vader but I imagine he would be critical of languages after having to make C3PO

 

[AJUMP23]

Based Darth Vader.

My son asked me if I wanted to come talk to him since he had him in fortnite. I told him I was good. I did have to give permission on epic for him to talk to Vader. Seemed like the right choice to make.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Woah woah. Andor is top shelf.

Season 1 was decent. 2... ehhhhh.

The bar is low.

 

[bitbydeath]

Based Vader.