Researcher wires a fruit fly brain to ChatGPT with 16-word outputs passing 100% held-out tests
neuroecology · x · 2026-09-12
- @chetaslua connected a simulated fruit fly brain to ChatGPT.
- Sugar stimulation drove MN9 neurons to 78 Hz, bitter dropped them to 3 Hz, matching the original paper.
- Outputs were only 16 words and passed 100% of held-out tests.
- The fly's first prompt: "i smell vinegar and yeast. i taste sugar. it is warm and bright. what should i do?"
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