Artist reveals fake fruit-fly-brain demos (driving, Bitcoin, Minecraft) were a sociology experiment
sterlingcrispin · x · 2026-09-10
Artist Sterling Crispin says he completed a sociology study in which he trained a fruit fly brain to generate misleading demos claiming it could drive cars, trade bitcoin, and play Beat Saber and Minecraft—exposing how such fake AI breakthrough claims spread.
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