Key takeaways
HHMI Janelia + Google Research released MaleCNS v1.0, the first full adult male fruit-fly CNS connectome (~166k neurons). Creators wired it into Minecraft, DOOM, Beat Saber and more. Devs clarify it's structure + engineered rules—not uploaded consciousness—while connectomics pushes the brain-in-a-vat question toward engineering.
