After viral 'fly plays Beat Saber', researchers call for shared whole-brain emulation benchmark
rishabh16_ · x · 2026-11-03
The viral 'fly playing Beat Saber' videos have made a key question prescient: what would establish that a simulated brain is a 'real' emulation? The author and neuroscientist @davyneuro argue that whole-brain emulation needs a shared benchmark and propose what it should test.
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