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Ghost in the Machine

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Zachary Lee RogerEbert.com Jan 31
It’s a reminder for humanity to put the machine in its rightful place, before it tries to put us in ours. Go to Full Review
Chase Hutchinson TheWrap Jan 28
Valerie Veatch’s blistering "Ghost in the Machine" is a radical, necessary Molotov cocktail of a documentary that’s being thrown right into the heart of our nonsense, nightmarish world of overinflated AI hype. Go to Full Review
Sarah Manvel Movies We Texted About 1d
No inhuman intelligence can come close to guessing the unpredictability and the beautiful joy of just one human mind. Anyone who tells you differently is trying to colonise your mind for themselves. Go to Full Review
Aviva Dove-Viebahn Ms. Magazine Feb 12
Ghost should be required viewing for anyone who blithely interacts with AI chatbots or asks ChatGPT to write their emails without considering its real-world and very human costs. Go to Full Review
Dan Mecca The Film Stage Feb 3
Effective, dispiriting, and disappointingly mundane. Go to Full Review
Christopher Campbell Nonfics (Substack) Feb 3
Structurally, Ghost in the Machine is an effective, chaptered essay, even if its points may be narrow in their concerns. Aesthetically, there is more to be desired. Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Director
Valerie Veatch
Producer
Valerie Veatch
Screenwriter
Valerie Veatch
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 50m