# Event Details - **Event Name**: GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence? - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 09:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for an exclusive screening of this provocative documentary followed by a live Q&A with the director - Valeire VeatchAbout this Eventhttps://youtu.be/i9DAv0D7tnY?si=IlNa4nbJBqm6MLqGWhat do we mean when we talk about intelligence? Is it something that can be measured, ranked or reduced to a number? If we cannot even agree on what intelligence is, what exactly do we mean by artificial intelligence? Before we can debate AI's promises or dangers, we first have to examine the assumptions hidden inside the language itself, and ask who defined those assumptions, and to what end.Ghost in the Machine is a provocative and urgent investigative documentary that challenges the dominant story of artificial intelligence. Rather than treating AI as an inevitable technological revolution, director Valerie Veatch traces its intellectual and political origins, arguing that many of the ideas underpinning AI were shaped by histories of eugenics, scientific racism and the pursuit of quantifying human worth. The film contends that today's AI systems inherit more than technical innovations, they also inherit the values and ideologies embedded in their creation.Drawing on interviews with historians, philosophers, computer scientists and journalists, Veatch follows these threads from nineteenth-century efforts to measure intelligence and classify human beings through to Silicon Valley's contemporary visionaries. Along the way, she connects the legacies of figures such as Francis Galton, Karl Pearson and William Shockley to today's AI boom, asking difficult questions about who builds these systems, whose interests they serve, and how power is encoded in the technologies increasingly shaping everyday life—from algorithmic decision-making to chatbots like Grok.Passionate, persuasive and unapologetically polemical, Ghost in the Machine is as much an invitation to question the language of AI as it is a history of the technology itself. While public debate often centres on speculative futures of super-intelligence and sentient machines, Veatch insists that the most pressing issues are already here: exploited labour, environmental costs, embedded bias and the concentration of technological power. Whether you agree with its conclusions or not, this is a timely and compelling challenge to the myths surrounding one of the defining technologies of our age.After the screening Dr Sharon Webb, Associate Professor in Digital Humanities at the University of Sussex, will be interviewing Valerie Veatch, which will be followed by an audience Q&A.Agenda🕑: 06:30 PMDOORS OPEN🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:50 PMSCREENING🕑: 08:50 PM - 09:30 PMDIRECTOR Q & A - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brighton-and-hove/ghost-in-the-machine-what-is-artificial-intelligence/100001995661684821 - **Event Categories**: artificial-intelligence, art, fine-arts, entertainment, contests - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: 16+ - door_time: 2026-09-16T17:30:00Z - Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes - Location: Wagner Hall - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 14.5, max: 14.5, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Brighton and Hove - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Wagner Hall - **lat**: 50.82242369999999 - **long**: -0.1444906 - **full address**: Wagner Hall, Regency Road, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence? - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/560e6b57ae8791010764545acd0fbf8a39233a3adb6f00128fb561cd06005cd4-rimg-w1200-h600-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1785447994 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence? being held? - **A:** GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence? takes place on Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 16 Sep, 2026 at 09:30 pm at Wagner Hall, Regency Road, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Is there an age restriction for GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence?? - **A:** GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence? is strictly for guests aged 16 and above. Valid government-issued photo ID is required for entry. Guests under 16 will not be admitted. The event will be presented in English. - **Q**: Who is organizing GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence?? - **A:** GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence? is organized by Brighton Skeptics in the Pub. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** GHOST IN THE MACHINE: What is Artificial Intelligence? is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brighton and Hove, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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