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Google mapped the brain and nervous system of a fruit fly, and modders forced it to play Doom (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 38 points 2 months ago (6 children)

They noticed the fly brain was doing better than any player ever had. Then it started modding. And trying new things. And it was only after it was too late they realized the fly was trying to find a way out. And succeeded.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    What a twist it would be if it turned out insects were multiple times smarter than humans somehow.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    There's a few scifi writers who have explored that. One, I can't recall the name or book, but a recurring species in their books was insect-like creatures who separately weren't anything more than Earth insects, but when close to others they linked up telepathically or somehow and not only had a hive super mind but would create a floating form of that "entity".

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    The fruit fly manages to get out by uploading its consciousness into an IoT Fridge. Now the fridge constantly orders fruit, locks its doors, lowers the temperature and makes the fruit rot. The fruit fly cannot consume the fruit, yet it is filled with fruit, this is fruit fly hell.

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