Fortnite Added An Interactive AI Darth Vader That Talks Back To Your Live Voice Chat. To Quote The Man Himself, "NOOOOOOOOO!!!”
Before we jump into these Fortnite clips of unintelligible AI slop, let's take a moment to appreciate Darth Vader in his real form. Shout out to the legend James Earl Jones for being such an iconic dude & having maybe the best voiceover resume ever. Pure greatness.
I can't hate on the Jones estate getting what must have been a FAT bag for this and all future AI Vader projects, but something about this just doesn't feel right. A disturbance in the Force, as if millions of human voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Turns out, the future fucking SUCKS.
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Now don't get me wrong, potentially ruining an entire iconic legacy aside, these clips are very funny. After publishing this blog I'll certainly be racing home to hang out with Darth and finally figure out the meaning of life. But once I learn about who my father really is... what comes next with this type of technology? Incredibly revolutionary yes. But also terrifying.
Where does this slippery AI slope lead to? How the fuck could this ever be truly regulated once someones rights are signed over to corporations? Are we gonna reach a point on earth in the next decade where there are ZERO new actors & artists? Every piece of content just gets created & coagulated by an AI program using only movie stars from before 2030?
Buncha Ready Player One headasses literally living with their heads in their asses, plugged into a Meta VR world watching Cyborg Frank The Tank still struggling to find the right temperature for ribs?
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Okay maybe that was a bad example, cause I would fucking love to cook with Cyborg Tank. But the point remains, this AI shit is getting pretty damn scary. It's easy to disregard some stupid Fortnite collab but it's hard to avoid the reality that reality might not exist much longer. Or at the very least original art. For most people reality sucks anyway so maybe I'm totally wrong here.
Either way, you won't find me signing over my rights to AI. I've already agreed to The Frank Reynolds Method for my disposal.
Congrats to the JEJ estate for all those bags of cash. There is 1 solitary strand in me that's happy about it and pumped to see his legacy live on, I guess. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go ask AI Darth Vader if he also forgives Dave Portnoy about giving too much guff to The General. Let's hope the greatest Sith Lord of all-time also agrees to CHOOSE LOVE.
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Also shout out to Airsoft Fatty for cutting me in half Rogue One Vader style. Suck on that living art, ya AI sumbitch!