Ghost in the Machine (2026)
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Purchase your tickets at Belcourt or online for the showtime below.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 6 PM
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Dir. Valerie Veatch | USA | 2026 | 110 min. | NR | DCP
Post-screening discussion with Sasha Crawford-Holland, assistant professor of cinema and media arts, communication studies, and climate and environmental studies at Vanderbilt University, and Alexis Finet, assistant professor of the practice of French and Italian, French language program coordinator and co-director of the A.I. and the Human seminar at Vanderbilt University
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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.
Director Valerie Veatch navigates the torrential rapids of artificial intelligence with this mind-expanding investigative essay documentary that excavates the philosophical, cultural and political forces driving the global AI boom.
GHOST IN THE MACHINE approaches ubiquitous questions like “What is AI?”, “Who is building it?”, and “What will humans become?” by exploring how emerging technologies have historically reshaped identity, culture and global power — while also exposing the current fronts of human exploitation without which AI would not function.
Veatch interviews a wide variety of historians, philosophers, sociologists, journalists, and thinkers from around the world to lend fresh perspectives on what AI is, how it works, and how people can maintain a sense of agency in a threatening and overbearing tech-driven world.
If folks are up for it, we can chat about the movie afterwards over a bite nearby.
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