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Nematode Neural System Uploaded to a Computer and Trained to Balance a Pole

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Re: Nematode Neural System Uploaded to a Computer and Trained to Balance a Pole

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What a confusing title. Tldr; NN based on real life nematode learned a simple thing.

It's because "Worm Uploaded to a Computer" primes the reader to expect something about malware, but then "Trained to Balance a Pole" completely violates that expectation.

Re: Nematode Neural System Uploaded to a Computer and Trained to Balance a Pole

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Wait until we can 3D print a C. Elegans. A new kind of matrix printer.

Maybe The Great Filter (in the context of the Fermi paradox) is this: People printing their own organisms? (only half-joking)

More likely people uploading themselves into a virtual world, securing the planetary data center and dialating time to feel like everyone lives forever in the manner of their choosing.
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