Error on implicit cast from std:unique_ptr to bool

I am using Allegro to create a simple game. When I try to validate that my pointer to the display is not null I get a compiler error telling me

error C2664: 'void validate(bool,std::string)' : cannot convert argument 1 from 'std::unique_ptr< ALLEGRO_DISPLAY,main::< lambda_996846ce92067e506da99cad36e610cf>>' to 'bool'

Here is my code

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>

#include <allegro5\allegro.h>

using namespace std;

const int WIDTH = 512;
const int HEIGHT = 512;

void validate(bool ptr, string errorMessage) {
    if (!ptr) {
        cerr << errorMessage << endl;
        exit(-1);
    }
}

int main() {
    auto deleter = [](ALLEGRO_DISPLAY* d) { al_destroy_display(d); };
    unique_ptr<ALLEGRO_DISPLAY, decltype(deleter)> display;

    validate(al_init(), "Failed to initialize Allegro");
    display = unique_ptr<ALLEGRO_DISPLAY, decltype(deleter)>(al_create_display(WIDTH, HEIGHT), deleter);
    validate(display, "Failed to create display");

    return 0;
}

If I pass validate "!display" instead of "display" it works. I realize I could call validate with display.get(), but I wanted to know why it isn't working when I pass a smart pointer.