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I tried to make a real fly connectome learn to play Pong. It didn't — and auditing why turned out to be way more interesting than if it had worked

Source: r/MachineLearning
September 10, 2026 · 5d ago
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Summary

You've probably seen the fly-brain-plays-Doom / Minecraft / Beat Saber clips going around this week, from the new MaleCNS v1. 0 connectome release (166k neurons, real EM reconstruction, not a toy...

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