In the context of the Summer School “Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming” and the course “Sustainable AI”, we are organizing a public screening of the “Ghost in the Machine” (Valerie Veatch, 2026) documentary. Through interviews with critical experts, the film explores the origins of “Artificial Intelligence”, including correlation, regression, theories of (super)intelligence, and semiconductors. The film describes how these origins have their roots in eugenics, scientific racism, sexism and the desire for power and control. This makes the film a recommended viewing for anyone interested in AI technologies.
Join us to learn about these origins and how they continue to re-emerge in current AI applications and technosolutionist narratives from Silicon Valley.
Contrary to dominant corporate narratives, this documentary invites us to resist and reclaim our agency.
About the organisers
This event is organised by Erica Warndorff and Teresa Hernandez (AI students) and Dr. Marcela Suarez (Lecturer in Critical Intersectional Perspectives on AI) and Prof. Iris van Rooij (Head of the Department of Cognitive Science and AI) with the support of the School of AI. This event is part of the Critical AI Literacy project, which is committed to diversity, critical thinking, decoloniality, respect of expertise, slow science, and conceptual clarity values in academia.
Practical information
Walk-in starts at 16:30 and we will start the film at 17:00. The film's duration is 110 minutes, and we will include a short break halfway. This event will be held in English.
