# The Poltergeist in the machine ### _Sedimented, semantic, social and spectral perspectives on prediction in the artificial mind_   **Start here**: [[000 About the Poltergeist]] to read about how to navigate this work, or here if you want to go straight into the introduction of the PhD dissertation [[02 Introduction to the Poltergeist]]. If you’d like to access the [[00 Table of contents]] other than through the order in the website menu to your left, please follow that link. I defended the **PhD dissertation** at Erasmus University (Senate Hall, Rotterdam, February 6 2026, 13:00), here is a [link to the recorded presentation](https://eur.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=f44c402e-6452-4f55-bec7-b3d000c8e4f3).   ![[gb90 giof.gif|450]] %% [[Poltergeist notes]]