Fly connectome work framed as the inflection point of AGI and techbio
shakoistsLog · x · 2026-09-12
A tech bio insider explains the background of the fly brain connectome discourse, arguing that digital representations of the fly connectome and experiments manipulating it mark an inflection point for AGI and the techbio future. The quoted reply asks what exactly people are doing with the fly brain and how they train it.
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