Sleep Dealer (Alex Rivera, 2008) is a science fiction drama from Mexico that presents an unusual perspective on AI: it centers on Mexican workers who, through implanted human-computer interfaces, are connected to a system that allows them to remotely operate robots in the US. While they remain physically on Mexican soil, their labor flows into the United States – bypassing politically unwanted migration from Latin America. This article provides an analysis of the specific human-machine relationship in Sleep Dealer from a decolonial and anti-capitalist perspective. Drawing on a definition of colonial relations as hierarchical, extractive, and exploitative, the analysis explores where patterns of coloniality can be identified in the mise-en-scène of the human-machine relationship, what approaches to overcoming coloniality are presented, and to what extent Sleep Dealer can be read as a decolonial contribution to the current AI debate, which remains predominantly shaped by the Global North.