Google maps entire brain and central nervous system of adult male fruit fly, software engineers immediately make it run Doom — AI-powered 3D model of over 166,000 neurons can also play Super Mario 64
TL;DR
Scientists mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly for the first time. Days later the full MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome was being trained to play Doom and Mario 64. Scientists mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly for the first time. Days later the full MaleCNS v1.0 fruit fly connectome was being trained to play Doom and Mario 64.
Nauti's Take
For AI teams, the Doom demo is a simulation test case, not evidence of general intelligence. The first thing to verify is whether behavior emerges from the mapped neural wiring or whether the system mainly relies on a tightly defined game environment and substantial external engineering.
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