{"id":23313,"date":"2026-06-01T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/ghost-in-the-machine-review-entertaining-ai-polemic-dives-into-its-dark-history-in-race-politics-and-eugenics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:37:26","slug":"ghost-in-the-machine-review-entertaining-ai-polemic-dives-into-its-dark-history-in-race-politics-and-eugenics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/ghost-in-the-machine-review-entertaining-ai-polemic-dives-into-its-dark-history-in-race-politics-and-eugenics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost in the Machine review \u2013 entertaining AI polemic dives into its dark history in race politics and eugenics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The roots of AI in rightwing ideology is examined in Valerie Veatch\u2019s enjoyable doc, including an array of colourful, often crazed, figures<\/p>\n

Director Valerie Veatch made her name with documentaries such as Love Child<\/a> (about an online gaming-addicted couple whose child died of malnutrition) and Me at the Zoo<\/a> (about American vlogger Cara Cunningham), films that explore the intersection of real-world subcultures and internet communities. Her latest continues in this vein, although its self-set remit is a bit broader, more urgent and germane to everyone right now: the pursuit of artificial intelligence, its dark history in eugenics and highly debatable utility today (despite the stock-market bubble pushing the value of a half-dozen companies towards the stratosphere).<\/p>\n

The thrust of the film is largely polemic, guiding the viewer towards AI-sceptical conclusions one persuasive soundbite at a time. Nevertheless, it also serves as a very useful, straightforward primer on AI history, touching on a dazzling array of colourful, often crazed figures, including Victorian British eugenicist Francis Galton, Silicon Valley founding father and overt racist William Shockley and current-day jillionaire jerk Elon Musk. Sadly, the film is not so up-to-date that it covers Musk and former friend-turned-foe Sam Altman\u2019s recent courtroom brawl, but that doesn\u2019t detract from the thrust of Veatch and her interviewees\u2019 arguments.<\/p>\n

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\nThe roots of AI in rightwing ideology is examined in Valerie Veatch\u2019s enjoyable doc, including an array of colourful, often crazed, figures
\nDirector Valerie Veatch made her name with documentaries such as Love Child (about an online gaming-addicted couple whose child died of malnutrition) and Me at the Zoo (about American vlogger Cara Cunningham), films that explore the intersection of real-world subcultures and internet communities. Her latest continues in this vein, although its self-set remit is a bit broader, more urgent and germane to everyone right now: the pursuit of artificial intelligence, its dark history in eugenics and highly debatable utility today (despite the stock-market bubble pushing the value of a half-dozen companies towards the stratosphere).
\nThe thrust of the film is largely polemic, guiding the viewer towards AI-sceptical conclusions one persuasive soundbite at a time. Nevertheless, it also serves as a very useful, straightforward primer on AI history, touching on a dazzling array of colourful, often crazed figures, including Victorian British eugenicist Francis Galton, Silicon Valley founding father and overt racist William Shockley and current-day jillionaire jerk Elon Musk. Sadly, the film is not so up-to-date that it covers Musk and former friend-turned-foe Sam Altman\u2019s recent courtroom brawl, but that doesn\u2019t detract from the thrust of Veatch and her interviewees\u2019 arguments. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The roots of AI in rightwing ideology is examined in Valerie Veatch\u2019s enjoyable doc, including an array of colourful, often crazed, figures Director Valerie Veatch made her name with documentaries such as Love Child (about an online gaming-addicted couple whose child died of malnutrition) and Me at the Zoo (about American vlogger Cara Cunningham), films …<\/p>\n

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