But, unlike the misleading EON Systems video, that future video will be real... all 100,000+ neurons displaying dynamics that reflect those that would occur in the real fly engaged in the same sensory-motor behaviors. That paper will represent the crowning achievement of a successful Drosophila neuroscience field. (5/7)
"What EON Systems' misleading video and claim has done today is to try to steal that future victory and take its valor for their own, all in the hopes of raising some cash from naive investors who think they might get to human uploads soon, and all while riding a tide of hype they generated in the gullible public. (6/7)
The result has been a wave of secondary reporting that grossly mischaracterizes the current state of neuroscience progress, implying that it is much further along than it currently is.
"As a member of the Drosophila research community, and as a long-term advocate of brain preservation for eventual mind uploading I feel it is my…
https://xcancel.com/KennethHayworth/status/2032604687212392562
HT @bruces (7/7)