Full fruit fly connectome with 166,700 neurons runs inside Minecraft, driving simulated movement

burny_tech · x · 2026-09-07

Developer evnsnclr has run the complete MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome — all 166,700 neurons — inside Minecraft, with simulated neural activity driving a fly's movement and a realtime readout of which neurons fire. Built with help from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra; code and mod coming soon.

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