Full fruit fly connectome — all 166,700 neurons — now simulated inside Minecraft
max_paperclips · x · 2026-09-11
- Developer evnsnclr reports running the complete retained MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome — all 166,700 neurons — inside Minecraft, with its simulated neural activity driving a fly's movement in-game.
- The project was built with the help of GPT-6 Astra, with credit to the OpenAI team and thsottiaux for the underlying release; code and mod are coming soon.
- Google AI's official account amplified the demo.
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