Scientists published the complete connectome of a male fruit fly, covering 166,000 neurons and 125 million synaptic connections. Independent developers used this biological wiring to trade on Coinbase with a reported profit of one dollar, experiment with chess with unverified results, and pilot simple robotic systems. This approach involves directly simulating real neural wiring rather than using abstracted artificial neural networks. The fruit fly holds a unique position: the most thoroughly mapped mind on the planet, briefly used to execute trades with a one-dollar P&L and a contested chess record.
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