Drosophila Fly Brain Emulation

(github.com)

17 points | by dtj1123 a day ago ago

7 comments

  • ycombiredd 13 hours ago ago

    I 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.

  • robinduckett 9 hours ago ago

    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?

  • r366y6 17 hours ago ago
    • justinclift 7 hours ago ago

      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

  • fcpk 17 hours ago ago

    this begs the question... how are we seeing life patterns appear from that?

  • Copyrightest 15 hours ago ago

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