Researcher proposes 'Neural Animal Bench' after evolving neural-net birds facing hawk predators
neuroecology · x · 2026-09-07
neuroecology demoed a digital ecology: virtual birds given neural network brains, a predator (hawk) introduced, and their brains probed with PCA as a first pass.
He half-jokingly proposes a 'Neural Animal Bench' — can we call it AGI if it can't create entirely new life? A playful mashup of evolutionary ecology and neural networks.
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