Mika KorhonenFeb 28
Viss

on todays episode of what the actual fuck...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2517389-human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications

New Scientist
Feb 28 at 2:16amWeb
Show threadVissFeb 28
also the screenshot they used is very much not actually doom. they very obviously got an ai to generate a screenshot of doom, which is stupid, because a quadrillion of them exist everywhere, and it failed miserably. look at the picture for five seconds and try not to wince
Show threadVissFeb 28
oops, no its a real screenshot.
turns out theres some super bizzaro doom mod and it actually looks like that.
Show threadKevin CaccamoFeb 28
@Viss It's called "Freedoom"
Show threadJ4ckFeb 28
@Viss Why tho?
Show threadVissFeb 28

@jackryder

.... ssssssssssssscience?

Show threadJ4ckFeb 28

@Viss riiiiiight

Sciiience.

Show threadJ4ckFeb 28
@Viss
Show threadVissFeb 28
@jackryder im not sure what this is, but it doesnt look like syndicate
Show threadISDFeb 28
@Viss @jackryder Fallout 2 or 1, can't recall perfectly after these years.
Show threadJ4ckFeb 28

@isd_d @Viss
Oh sorry, yes. I believe it's Fallout 1, hinting at the synths.

I just searched for "Brain in a jar" when I was looking.

The article gives "we've grown brains to do the work of..." vibes.

Show threadJust a trash panda 🦝Feb 28

@Viss I don't think it is! Or if it is AI generated, it was done by the company not New Scientist.

https://youtu.be/yRV8fSw6HaE This is the original source that article is based on.

Just before the 30 second mark. You can see where they screenshotted.

Show threadVissFeb 28
@trashpanda oh god, its some bizarro world doom clone thing. thats weird
Show threadJohn AivaliotisFeb 28
@Viss looks a lot like Freedoom to me
Show threadVissFeb 28
@bigheck yip!
Show threadTim HergertFeb 28
@Viss
Show threadCalcedony PrimeFeb 28
@Viss Seems like the cells "learned to play doom" in a "barely better than random inputs" sort of way.
Show threadFritz AdalisFeb 28
@Viss
Don't show this to Hegseth.
Show threadVissFeb 28
@FritzAdalis oh man if he could read he'd get so upset
Show threadLightfighterFeb 28
@Viss Doom really will run on anything
Show threadsusFeb 28
@Viss i don't love that learning to pretend to shoot people is the metric for "a step closer to useful applications"
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 28
@Viss Not to speak this into existence, but given existing organoid research, I'm kind of surprised the Worst People You Know haven't picked this up and run with it yet.
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 28
@Viss Like, why use a kajillion GPUs when you can just grow a brain in a vat and make it delete your emails?
Show threadVissFeb 28
@theorangetheme yes this will totally work out fine!
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 28
@Viss Ron Howard voice: "But it didn't work out fine."
Show threadXCondEFeb 28
@Viss the cells are probably just trying to figure out how to kill themselves.
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)Feb 28
@Viss That is the genesis of every #BlackMirror episode right there.
Show threadAutFeb 28
@Viss The brain cells yearn for the doom
Show threadVissFeb 28
@Aut they do!
Show threadvv 💫 [follow my new artist profile!]Feb 28

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Viss/116145848331072785

I see, so we are deciding to make Combine tech, then.

Show threadVissFeb 28
@vv pick up that can
Show threadkajer :notverified:Feb 28

@Viss

this is old news????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-pWliufu6U

Working Neuron Arrays! | DOOM Neurons Part 2

YouTube
Show threadVissFeb 28
@kajer huh
Show threadVenya (he/him/dude) 🇺🇦Feb 28

@Viss

I can't get over the graphics. Is this a mod? What the hell are we looking at? That is not Doom Guy, the gun looks wrong, what the hell is he shooting?

(also yes black magic with cellular life etc but)

Show threadVissFeb 28
@venya right?!
Show threadSharp LeavesFeb 28
@venya @Viss Freedoom. Great fun, available on the repo.
Show threadBenFeb 28
@Viss is there nothing Doom cannot do?
Show threadSamwise -> New Save FileFeb 28
@Viss Damn, they're better than I am at this game.
Show threadcontrasocialFeb 28

@Viss

I hate this.

Show threadSepia FanFeb 28

@Viss

»bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications« 😄

Wait… useful for what? 😳

Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 28

@Viss

this is what the brain cells in question look like under a microscope

Show threadSharp LeavesFeb 28

@Viss looking- there is literally nothing more satisfying than the sound and feeling of the Doom shotgun, followed by the tinny roars of death when you nail something with said shotgun. It's a distilled endorphin rush without compare. To conclude, those are happy braincells, and this is how we grow zombie soldiers.

(Technically it was Quake soldiers that had their pleasure centres wired to go off when they killed, but close enough).

Show threadVissFeb 28
@BoysenberryCider i hope they learn to rocketjump
Show threadMichele AdduciFeb 28
@Viss coming to Skynet and Matrix universe, one step at time
Show threadFlipper 🐬🏳️‍🌈Feb 28
@Viss should I feel bad that it took me 2 weeks?
Show threadMyza Nil RedFeb 28
@Viss I the near future: "Just a sec, I need to feed my Torment Nexus."
Show threadpanuFeb 28

@Viss
Wait, what.. they program it in Python? So, like what does that even mean? You can program the human brain in Python?

Okay so how can I do this at home? I've got a few great brain automation ideas.

Show threadRobert BanzFeb 28
@Viss Now that’s actually AI innovation…
Show threadWayward Sun (yak shaver extraordinaire)Feb 28

@Viss A bit disappointed: of course, playing Doom is nice, but I was hoping they were running Doom on human brain cells...

(wouldn't be the first time either; I still have the occasional Doom dream, flashing back to the 90s)

Show threadSecondUniverse (she/her/they)Feb 28
@Viss "We are going to glue you to silicon and put you literally in hell. For science."
Show threadMostlyTatoFeb 28
@SecondUniverse @Viss
That was the thought I had too:/
Show threadElegantSimplicityFeb 28
@Viss for real wtf?? that's too weird
Show threadCockneyLaurieFeb 28

@Viss
Sounds like science fiction...

We are living in parts of the future I was reading about as a teenager

Show threadRia PriceFeb 28
@Viss Doom, it runs on anything! :P
Show threadJohn Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Feb 28

@Viss

Training human brain cells on a chip to play this game evokes certain images...

Show threadMostlyTatoFeb 28

@johnlogic @Viss
Ahhh memories...

There is also this:

https://boa.realm667.com/

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