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Simulated fruit fly brain learns to drive in racing league

A simulated fruit fly brain, comprising approximately 2,400 neurons, has been trained to control a car in a drag racing simulator. The training process, which has involved over 10 million episodes using an unspecified reinforcement learning or evolutionary strategy, is presented as a competitive racing league with Elo ratings, seasons, and generational dynasties. The best-performing AI

IMPACT Demonstrates novel applications of simulated neural networks for complex control tasks.

RANK_REASON The item describes a research project involving a simulated biological neural network applied to a control task. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Simulated fruit fly brain learns to drive in racing league

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Pepegg2 ·

    A simulated fruit fly brain learns to drive. I turned the training into a 24/7 racing league with Elo, seasons and family dynasties [P]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>For the past 4 weeks I’ve been training models of the <em>Drosophila</em> brain to control a car in a drag racing simulator. To make the training watchable, I turned it into a racing league and stream it live on Twitch.</p> <p><strong>How it work…