Ghost in the Machine is a 2026 American documentary film which explores artificial intelligence through the history of human advancement in technology. The film is produced, written, and directed by Valerie Veatch. It premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
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 â messy, argumentative, grasping at answers in what feels to be a state of deep uncertainty."