Experiments

A real fruit fly brain, scanned neuron by neuron by Google Research and HHMI Janelia. We force it into a casino, a bar, a trading desk, a gaming setup, a desk at three in the morning, under a swatter, into a classroom — and every move it makes is simulated for real.

01 Fruit Fly Slot Machine It picks its own stakes, learns the machine is bad for it, and keeps playing. gamblingdopaminelearning Enter the casino

02 Fruit Fly at the Bar Beer through a straw, nicotine pouches from the tin. It decides how much — and wakes up with the hangover. ethanolnicotinehangover Pull up a stool

03 Fruit Fly Trading Desk It paper-trades banana futures with its motion vision — and a crash fires its escape reflex. visionescapepaper money Open the desk

04 Two Flies Doomscrolling Two brains, two phones, one feed. They send each other reels — and the algorithm drifts them towards doom. two brainsalgorithmreels Start scrolling

05 Fruit Fly Gamer Eight games, League to Rainbow Six Siege. It aims on reflex, opens CS2 cases, sips its Monster — and when it loses, it slams the desk. tiltgiant fibrenew Queue up

06 Fruit Fly Codes POKYH All night on a MacBook, on coffee. Real POKYH code, red builds, a deploy — or asleep on the keys. caffeinesleepnew Pour a coffee

07 Fruit Fly vs. the Swatter Spilled beer, a swatter in the air. Only its giant fibre decides when it jumps — and every sip makes it slower. loomingethanolnew Pick up the swatter

08 Damian Says Six Seven A six and a seven on the board, and the dopamine climbs. He does it behind the teacher's back — until the joke wears out, or he gets caught. impulsedopaminenew Take a seat

Next experiment The fly is being moved somewhere else. Soon.