Fruit fly connectome plays Beat Saber, reigniting digital consciousness debate
rickasaurus · x · 2026-09-09
A widely shared thread: a fruit fly's full brain connectome can play Beat Saber. The poster argues that if we can map a fly's entire brain, a human brain could theoretically be mapped someday.
That raises hard questions: would a 1:1 digital recreation of a human brain be conscious? If not, why—is there something special about organic matter, does consciousness require a body or something beyond the brain? These uncomfortable questions will need answers before we start forcing digital brains to play Beat Saber.
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