Eon Systems Demonstrates First Embodied Fly Brain Emulation
The fly's connectome was built from 7,000 electron microscope slices by the FlyWire Consortium.
Philip Shiu published a connectome-based brain model with machine learning neurotransmitter predictions in 2024.
The model predicted motor behavior with 95% accuracy, confirming it as a biological connectome replica.
Eon Systems plans to scale from fly to mouse and build the largest connectome.
The demonstration is a major step up from previous models, sparking debate on neural dynamics vs. reinforcement learning.
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