Charlie StrossMar 11

Sigh.

So it turns out we've mapped the neural connectome of Drosophila *and simulated it in silico*.

https://flywire.ai/

Pop-sci explainer here:

https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/whole-brain-emulation-achieved-scientists-run-a-fruit-fly-brain-in-simulation/

Key quote: "The step from a complete connectome to a working computational brain model is not trivial." And there's an even more important finding in this screenshot (alt text via OCR):

"The wiring is the computation".

/1

Show threadSeiðr
@cstross Kick a neuron out of place in the "Brain Scanning Transfer" and your Elon Musk digital clone becomes somebody else. Which, I mean, it could get you a worse person, but not a lot worse.
Mar 11 at 11:14amWeb
Show threadJonMar 11
@Illuminatus @cstross I enjoy the thought of Dilbert Stark submitting to brain uploading only to find that due to lack of chemical modelling, he can no longer get high.
Show threadSeiðrMar 11
@oddhack @cstross Even better, he finds the Basilisk was waiting to torture him personally all along.