The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs
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Summary
For a short period on Friday, players of the video game Fortnite could provoke Darth Vader, an AI-voiced character in the game, into responding with F-bombs and other profanities.
The voice of Vader in the game is based on the famous actor James Earl Jones, who voiced the character in most of the Star Wars films.
The incident was quickly resolved by the game developers, Epic Games.
Fortnite encourages players to address the Sith Lord with questions about the game and the Star Wars universe, implying that Vader’s AI is designed to respond interactively to players.
It is not clear why Vader’s AI software misinterpreted a discussion about food as a prompt for swearing.
