'I trained a fly to X' actually means a neural net shaped like the fly brain
Flomerboy · x · 2026-09-13
- A clarification for interpreting "I trained a fly to X" tweets: it means training a neural net built in the shape of the fly brain's connectome, not a biological fly.
- These works use the mapped fly brain wiring as network architecture — a brain-inspired computing approach rather than insect training.
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