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Yes. The C. Elegans brain (~300 neurons) was the first organism to be completely mapped to a connectome (the map of all connections). The first complete connect
by rmorey 4y ago
Yes. The C. Elegans brain (~300 neurons) was the first organism to be completely mapped to a connectome (the map of all connections). The first complete connectome of any centralized brain, the fruit fly, is about to be completed by the Flywire project (https://home.flywire.ai/ https://home.flywire.ai/) ~100,000 neurons and ~70,000,000 synapses. We have just a little idea how it works ;)
- mr_toad 4y agoA bit of extrapolation might suggested we could map out the connectome of a human brain in 40-50 years. Not that I’d suggest a linear extrapolation from two data points…
- heavenlyblue 4y agoAre you willing to kill as many humans as there were flies killed when doing that?
- mr_toad 4y agoYou’d only need a fraction of the 100 million+ people who die every year. There are probably bigger ethical questions when it comes to simulating a human mind.