Vibecoder teaches simulated fruit flies to 'feel pain' using Google's connectome
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-09
- A developer built a simulation where fruit flies "experience pain," based on the complete male fruit fly connectome publicly released by Google Research.
- Fear is planned as the next addition, raising questions about the ethics of simulating suffering in digital organisms.
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