@yoheinakajima: so does this digital fly have the memory of the real fly that was scanned or what
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A developer claims to have simulated the full MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome of 166,700 neurons inside Minecraft, with simulated neural activity driving movement, sparking discussion about whether the digital copy retains the original fly's memories.
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so does this digital fly have the memory of the real fly that was scanned or what
evnsnclr (@evnsnclr): I’ve successfully run the full retained MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome, all 166,700 neurons, inside Minecraft, with its simulated neural activity driving a fly’s movement.
V1 Currently in development. Built with the help of GPT-6 Astra.
Props to the @OpenAI team and
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