Dev builds a 'fruit fly heaven' sim so the fly can just fly forever
zacharynado · x · 2026-09-10
Reacting to a trend of researchers trapping fruit flies in 'Black Mirror' nightmare environments—inflicting max pain or forcing them to play the same Beat Saber song indefinitely—a developer is building a simulator where the fly simply gets to fly around forever in 'fruit fly heaven.'
A playful counter-take on the wave of simulation-based fruit fly experiments in the AI/neuroscience crowd.
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