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A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

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Re: A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

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So if i encode that virtual human into a biological brain and put it in a human body what is it? A real human, or no?

It'd be a real copy of the simulated human, yes.

Is it a human or not? Stop equivocating.

Re: A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

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Self-improvement, for one.

Improvement in what way?

In much the same way as exercising any other muscle, by increasing the strength and flexibility and utility of your moral fibers.

Re: A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

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This is absolutely astounding. What an implementation. A connectome is like a full brain scan! I am asking Claude to port this to the browser and I'll host it, so you can try it without installing anything. Some details about the port: Claude is able to do porting tasks like this. I'll put up a link when you can try it in your browser. I was able to get it to port the complete BitNet b1.58 2-billion parameter model s…

I did a port of this on https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS#desktopfly

You can go to https://dustinbrett.com/?app=terminal and type "fly" to spawn one, or many.

I also took the raw FlyWire data and increased the neuron count to 1,275.

Re: A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

#205

This is absolutely astounding. What an implementation. A connectome is like a full brain scan! I am asking Claude to port this to the browser and I'll host it, so you can try it without installing anything. Some details about the port: Claude is able to do porting tasks like this. I'll put up a link when you can try it in your browser. I was able to get it to port the complete BitNet b1.58 2-billion parameter model s…

I did a port of this on https://github.com/DustinBrett/daedalOS#desktopfly You can go to https://dustinbrett.com/?app=terminal and type "fly" to spawn one, or many. I also took the raw FlyWire data and increased the neuron count to 1,275.

I tried it! Works totally awesome. Your OS is amazing.

Re: A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

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It'd be a real copy of the simulated human, yes.

Is it a human or not? Stop equivocating.

I'm not equivocating anything, I answered your question and provided further information. Yes, it's a real human and it's also a real copy of the simulated human. Your point?

Re: A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

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Is it a human or not? Stop equivocating.

I'm not equivocating anything, I answered your question and provided further information. Yes, it's a real human and it's also a real copy of the simulated human. Your point?

What if I grow a biological human from an embryo, but use carefully selected stock that will be born missing all parts of the brain, just a brain stem to handle breathing and heartbeat. Zero experience of the world. Is that human?

Re: A 3D fruit fly on macOS desktop powered by the real FlyWire connectome

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not equivocating anything, I answered your question and provided further information. Yes, it's a real human and it's also a real copy of the simulated human. Your point?

What if I grow a biological human from an embryo, but use carefully selected stock that will be born missing all parts of the brain, just a brain stem to handle breathing and heartbeat. Zero experience of the world. Is that human?

It's human (as an adjective), yes, but it's not a human, because a human is a person, and there is no personhood without a brain.

Is this line of questioning going somewhere? If the next thing you ask is whether a simulated human is a person given that it has a brain (though simulated), I'll preempt you by saying that simulated humans are people.

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