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Lego Worm Brain
FromWe Have Concerns
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Nov 27, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
An open source group has recreated the brain of a worm, neuron for neuron, and recently programmed this data into the body of a Lego Mindspring robot. Rather than dictating specific behavior into the software, the program simply fires each neural imulse exactly as a worm's brain would. The result is remarkably worm-like behavior in Lego form. While Jeff can't exactly pin down the size of this creation, he is excited about what it means, but Anthony is worried worm-behavior is a low bar for judging artificial brains.
Released:
Nov 27, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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