Google helped map an entire adult male fruit fly brain and central nervous system β including more than 166,000 neurons and 125 million synaptic connections. π§ π€―
And the internet immediately did what the internet does best: turned it into an experiment playground.
Developers have recreated simulations based on the connectome inside Minecraft and DOOM, trained one to play Beat Saber, connected another to a driving simulator, and even gave one $100 to trade Bitcoin. π
Others made the simulated brain doomscroll, experimented with its courtship circuitry, and kept finding increasingly ridiculous ways to test it.
Important detail: these arenβt actual uploaded fly minds. The connectome is essentially the wiring map, while each project adds its own simulation, inputs, outputs, and training methods.
Science just gave the internet a fruit-fly brain β and the internet wasted absolutely no time with it. π
Which experiment is the most ridiculous?
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