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Ghost in the Machine

2026·Documentary·1h 50m
7.1
The untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power, revealing the fantasies behind the hype that got us here and where we go next.
Directed by Valerie Veatch

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Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff
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Cinergy
Cinergy
Ghost in the Machine
I'm not saying this is the best doc on AI I've ever seen, but it does not deserve the visceral hate I see here on LB. It's a good way to provide a start to an in depth discussion of the inherent negative biases of AI and the necessity of ethics alongside scientific advancement. The wealthy tech bros emphasize in interviews that they want to create a God, but they wish to create it under their own biases, not seeing the paradox of that statement or having an ounce of self awareness or recollection of over a century of speculative fiction on this stuff. Hell, if you want to get into it, Frankenstein was a progenitor of these stories and even it shows the fallacy of that thinking.
I'm not saying this is the best doc on AI I've ever seen, but it does not deserve the visceral hate I see here on LB. It's a good way to provide a start to an in depth discussion of the inherent negative biases of AI and the necessity of ethics alongside scientific advancement. The wealthy tech bros emphasize in interviews that they want to create a God, but they wish to create it under their own biases, not seeing the paradox of that statement or having an ounce of self awareness or recollection of over a century of speculative fiction on this stuff. Hell, if you want to get into it, Frankenstein was a progenitor of these stories and even it shows the fallacy of that thinking.
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Cameron Ritter
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Brooke Simmons
Brooke Simmons
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