Dev wires a fruit fly connectome into Hermes agent to pick tool actions
Teknium · x · 2026-09-12
A developer wired a fruit fly connectome into Nous Research's Hermes: Hermes proposes tool actions, a simplified fly-brain model picks one, and Hermes executes it. Teknium called it nuts — and the hybrid even fixed a real bug by repeatedly choosing the failing test, seemingly determined to confirm it existed.
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