Google maps entire brain and central nervous system of adult male fruit fly, software engineers immediately make it run Doom — AI-powered 3D model of over 166,000 neurons can also play Super Mario 64
Google and HHMI Janelia mapped the complete brain and central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly using AI to combine 2D images into 3D neural shapes, reconstructing over 166,000 neurons. Within days, software engineers used the open-source connectome to train the fly brain to play Doom and Super Mario 64, feeding game frames to sensory neurons and mapping neural activity to controls. The story pairs a genuine scientific milestone with a playful software-engineering stunt.
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