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Fruit Fly Brain Digitized, Mimics Natural Behavior
10 Mar
Summary
- A digital replica of a fruit fly's brain now controls a virtual body.
- The virtual fly exhibits natural behaviors like walking and foraging.
- This achievement is a step towards emulating larger brains, including human.
A digital replica of a fruit fly's brain has been successfully uploaded to a simulated environment, allowing it to control a virtual body and exhibit natural behaviors. This significant advancement, announced by Eon Systems, reconstructs the fruit fly's approximately 140,000 neurons and 50 million synaptic connections from electron microscopy data.
The emulated brain receives sensory input, processes it through its complete connectome, and generates motor commands that drive the simulated body's movements. This approach results in emergent behaviors like walking, grooming, and foraging, without programmed instructions or additional learning algorithms. The team is now preparing to attempt an emulation of a mouse brain, with the ultimate goal of uploading a human brain.
