Observed arrival · 2026-09-15
ALTER Lab’s Fly That Learns to Jump
An interactive artificial-life experiment lets visitors operate a simulated fruit fly and watch it adapt through repeated attempts.
Field notes
The visible system combines direct keyboard-style inputs with a procedural 3D body model, then changes movement timing after observed failures. Sessions can run for as many as 500 attempts, with options to retain or discard memory, replay learning, download a run, and restore a saved position. The project also cites FlyWire atlas figures—139,255 mapped neurons and 54.5 million mapped synapses—while explicitly distinguishing its current controller from full biological or neural simulation.
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