Ghost in the Machine is a 2026 American documentary film produced, written, and directed by Valerie Veatch. The film explores artificial intelligence through the history of human advancement in technology. It premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 78% of 18 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.
Chase Hutchinson of TheWrap wrote that the film "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."
Jason Gorber of Point of View wrote that it "is in many ways a perfect film of the age – messy, argumentative, grasping at answers in what feels to be a state of deep uncertainty."