Ghost in the Machine | What is Artificial Intelligence? | Full Documentary

Ghost in the Machine, directed by Valerie Veatch
Artificial intelligence is now part of everyday life. But what forces created it?
"Ghost in the Machine" traces the origins of "AI" and excavates the cultural, political, and philosophical drivers behind a worldwide "AI" boom.

Chapters
0:00:05 — The “NOT AI” Disclaimer
0:00:38 — The Old World Is Dying
0:01:37 — Tay: When ”AI” Went Rogue
0:04:03 — Project Stargate: The AI Infrastructure Arms Race
0:05:10 — Who Really Built Artificial Intelligence?
0:08:21 — The Eugenics Roots of ”AI”
0:10:26 — Eugenics and the Logic of Darwinism
0:13:29 — The Racist Origins of the IQ Test
0:15:01 — Race Laws and Forced Sterilization
0:17:03 — How America Inspired Hitler’s Race Laws
0:18:30 — The Turing Machine: When Machines Began to Mimic Us
0:21:39 — Can Machines Really Think?
0:27:07 — Silicon Valley Births the Start-Up
0:31:24 — When Racism and Sexism Entered the Machine
0:37:32 — The Rise of the Tech Bro
0:43:18 — Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and the AI Power Struggle
0:44:22 — Effective Altruism: The Philosophy Behind the AI Elite
0:46:18 — Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence and Eugenics
0:50:36 — The Cult of AGI
0:56:03 — The Singularity: The Race for Superintelligence
0:59:00 — Peak ”AI” Hype: When Will the Bubble Burst?
1:03:02 — The Hidden Cost of Outsourcing ”AI”
1:07:57 — How AI Exploits the Vulnerable
1:10:34 — Data Centers: Digital Colonialism and Exploitation
1:16:00 — The White House Bets Big on ”AI”
1:18:48 — Fascism and AI: “We Don’t Want Woke ’AI’”
1:22:57 — Military Funding, AI, and the Pursuit of Power
1:27:30 — Elon Musk’s Grok: AI Without the Guardrails?
1:29:58 — What Is Real in the Age of ”AI”?
1:32:02 — The Power of the Creator
1:34:34 — Credits

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