Drosophila Fly Brain Emulation
github.comI apologize in advance, but this is my one pre-existing contribution to the world that mentions mapping of Drosophilia brains, and having just used it in its intended "copypasta" role this morning, I was excited to coincidentally see this Emulation link on HN this morning.
https://gist.github.com/scottvr/f968b65bedf7a4635a4cdd643628...
It is ludicrously-escalating grotesque sci-fi (intended for sending over SMS), so you can safely skip it if that's not your cup of tea.
I wonder if they’re just activating small parts of the brain at once. It seems to me that they aren’t simulating every single neuron at all times, and I do not see being able to run the model in real time. Are they also modelling the ventral nerve cord for the walking?
this is a related article https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/the-first-multi-beha...
Ouch.
> Eon’s mission is to produce the world’s largest connectome and highest-fidelity brain emulation, targeting a complete digital emulation of a mouse brain and laying the groundwork for eventual human-scale emulation.
and:
> Eon is scaling its team and infrastructure to attempt the mouse and human brains next.
The "eventual human-scale emulation" and "human brains next" would have to be raising ethics concerns about digital slavery (and worse) for the emulated human.
That goal seems pretty far down the wrong track of "just because we could, without asking if we should". o_O
Yay, the most terrifying piece of short fiction I've ever read is coming true!
Does this mean that the Black Mirror episode “San Junipero” is one step closer to becoming reality?
this begs the question... how are we seeing life patterns appear from that?
Raises.