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A Fly’s Brain Is Running in a Computer… Human Brain Is Next? πŸ’€

Scientists have mapped a fruit fly's brain in incredible detail and are using that information to build computational models of its neural network.

And honestly…

I have only one question:

When is it our turn? πŸ˜‚

Because if this technology keeps moving forward, maybe students won't need to spend years studying anymore.

Imagine the future:

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Teacher:
"Have you studied AI?"

πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“ Student:
"No."

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«:
"Have you studied mathematics?"

πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“:
"No."

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«:
"Programming?"

πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“:
"No."

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«:
"Then what HAVE you studied?"

πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ“:

"Nothing. AI trained my brain." 😎

The future learning process:

Old way:

School
↓
College
↓
Study
↓
Study more
↓
Study again
↓
Exam
↓
Forget everything 😭

Future:

AI
↓
Train Brain 🧠
↓
Download Knowledge
↓
Done βœ…

No exams.

No assignments.

No "please explain this in your own words." πŸ˜‚

You just wake up and suddenly:

"Congratulations! You now know calculus, Python, quantum physics and how to fix production bugs."

But jokes aside, the fly-brain research is actually fascinating.

Scientists are getting much better at mapping biological brains and creating computational models based on those neural connections.

A fruit fly is obviously very far from a human brain, and we are nowhere near uploading human knowledge or consciousness.

But it does make you wonder…

What happens when we understand the human brain well enough to simulate parts of it?

Maybe one day the biggest competition won't be:

"Who studied the most?"

It'll be:

"Who has the best brain model?" πŸ˜‚

Until then…

Back to studying. πŸ˜­πŸ“š

Because unfortunately,

AI train my brain is still not available in Settings.

Top comments (3)

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karan_a74a935db018c6fe3bc profile image
karan •

can we also train a real fruit fly using ai to do things for us ??

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kiran •

Yes. The actual fly-brain simulation project is on GitHub and is public. You can check the repository directly
github.com/eonsystemspbc/fly-brain...

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