Nick Nisi hooked a fruit fly brain to code review — it was right 88% of the time
AI Engineer · youtube · 2026-11-02
At AI Engineer, Nick Nisi (WorkOS) argues the human reviewer is now the bottleneck as AI writes code faster than ever.
- He wired a simulated fruit fly brain, built from a full neuron scan, into code review: AI converts changes into literal "code smells," and sugar/bitter rewards teach the fly what good and bad code taste like
- The fly was right about 88% of the time, followed by a live "are you smarter than a fruit fly" game with the audience
- Practical takeaway: use team review skills, classifiers and automated reviewers to escalate only risky PRs to humans, backed by proof like screenshots and smoke tests
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