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"The old world is dyingand the new world struggles to be born;
now is the time of monsters."
—Antonio Gramsci, 1926
Ghost in the Machine exposes the historical and philosophical underpinnings of Artificial Intelligence, not as a neutral system of algorithms that suddenly came into existence, but as a technology shaped over many decades by eugenics, misogyny, and entrenched structures of power. Rejecting the notion of AI as inevitable or objective, the film traces how myths of progress and efficiency have obscured deeper political and cultural agendas, revealing the ideological foundations beneath the systems threatening to reshape modern society.
Structured as an eight-chapter inquiry, the film blends historical excavation with contemporary analysis to confront essential questions: Who built these systems? Whose values do they encode? And who do they benefit? The story obscured by the investor-facing marketing hype of artificial intelligence emerges through conversations with over 30 insightful AI experts, historians, philosophers, sociologists, journalists, and thinkers generously discussing their work. Following a through-line that begins with Victorian eugenicists and 1900s U.S. sterilization laws which inspired Nazi Germany, the lineage of these racialized modes of thinking were thoroughly absorbed by the ascendant Silicon Valley tech-entrepeneurs of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, and modified and adapted further by present day AI oligarchs.
An uncompromising account detailing why this accelerated push for widespread AI adoption is occurring, Ghost in the Machine offers a thoroughly considered and deeply felt understanding of a group of emerging technologies that purport to impact nearly every aspect of modern life. Mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI, the film underscores how people, not technology, will determine the course of the future.
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Sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Cultures of Text at Aarhus University: text.au.dk
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