Skeptic Questions Viral Fly Demos: Just a Connectome Map with Claude Hallucinating?
faisal_sayed05 · x · 2026-09-15
The author challenges the recent viral fly simulation demos, arguing researchers only released a mapping of all fly neurons — with no understanding of firing dynamics or stimulus response — and that the demos may just be Claude making things up and gaslighting people into believing it's actually controlling a fly.
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