molaveMar 9

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next? - Berkeley News (2024)

https://reddthat.com/post/61631735

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next? - Berkeley News (2024) - Reddthat

Lemmy

Show threadyermaw

I said it in another thread and I’ll say it in this one.

Holy. Shit. The terror. The unknowable terror. Is digital-fly conscious? Have we any way of knowing?

Mar 9 at 9:20pmWeb
Show threadWhelks_chanceMar 9
I feel like this will rapidly become a question of definitions. What is consciousness? Is a real fly conscious?
Show threadflandishMar 10
questions that have been asked for thousands of years, actually. heck “cogito ergo sum” and all of that.
Show threadtheunknownmuncherMar 9

We’ve alrwady been at this point, with these questions.

openworm.org you can run your own simulated worm buddy! With complete nervous system/connectome and muscle cells

OpenWorm

OpenWorm is an open source project dedicated to creating a virtual C. elegans nematode in a computer.

Show threadlowspeedchaseMar 9

Warning: You can’t download the whole virtual worm, we’re not quite there yet! :)

You lied to me.

Show threadtheunknownmuncherMar 9
Yeah, I believe so far they have all of the neurons and muscle cells and have modelled the motor behavior, so the worm will wriggle and crawl around. I don’t thunk they have yet simulated other biological processes.