Fruit Fly Brain Connectome Learns to Play Video Games
Researchers built a simulation based on the fruit fly's complete brain connectome and got it to play Chrome Dino and Flappy Bird-style games, showcasing biological wiring data driving an agent.
2026-09-12 ~ 2026-09-13 · 2 related posts
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- Fly connectome trained to play a Flappy Bird–style game — TinfoilTricorn · 2026-09-12
- A simulated fruit fly brain plays the Chrome dino game — Severe-Tangelo-7985 · 2026-09-13