Observed arrival · 2026-09-16
Wirehead: The Fly That Watches the Feed
An interactive experiment runs screen pixels through a reconstructed fly nervous system and displays the resulting neural telemetry and movement.
Field notes
Wirehead maps short-form video pixels into luminance and color inputs for a reconstructed MaleCNS network, then routes modeled activity toward amplified movement. The page identifies a 166,700-neuron network with 25.58 million directed connections and 4,146 visual inputs. Its telemetry distinguishes measured spikes from dopamine concentration, while also noting that the video includes artificial PAM11 stimulation and that the swipes are choreographed rather than evidence of learned preference.
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