Fly Brain Connectome Mapped — and Made to Play Smash Bros
Google Research and partners mapped the full adult male fruit fly brain—over 166,000 neurons—by stitching millions of 2D images into 3D with AI. A hacker then wired the connectome into a simulator to play Smash Bros.
2026-09-11 ~ 2026-09-11 · 2 related posts
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- Fruit fly connectome wired into Smash Bros: a full brain simulation plays the game — _KevinTang · 2026-09-11
- AI-mapped fruit fly brain (166,000+ neurons) now plays Super Smash Bros Melee on a Mac Studio — TheMoonMidas · 2026-09-11