Viral fruit-fly connectome Minecraft demo: author clarifies it's not consciousness upload
paul_cal · x · 2026-09-06
A demo that plays Minecraft using a reconstructed fruit-fly connectome went viral, prompting the creator to clarify: it does not simulate fly consciousness or upload a living brain. Minecraft events feed a simplified activity model over the connectome wiring; activity in selected neuron groups adjusts pre-programmed behaviors like flying, grooming, feeding, and escaping. The wiring is biological, but the activity model and movement mappings involve engineering choices. Reposter paulcal notes such connectome sims "escape containment" roughly every six months.
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