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Scientists Mapped a Fruit Fly's Brain, Then Taught It to Play Doom and Trade Bitcoin

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A fruit fly's brain, smaller than a pinhead, just became the first adult brain to ever be fully mapped digitally. Google researchers contributed to the project, which charted every single neuron and connection inside an adult male fruit fly's brain with astonishing precision. Here's the part that'l…

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  1. 2026-09-16 11:30 · DEV Community — AI
    Scientists Mapped a Fruit Fly's Brain, Then Taught It to Play Doom and Trade Bitcoin

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