Disembodied fruit fly brain joins the crypto speculation swarm
Coinbase engineer gives simulated insect $100 and lets its neurons make the trades
The fruit fly's brain is buzzing on the crypto trading scene. In March, The Register shared how a simulated brain connected to a virtual body explored a digital world. Now, a simulated fly's nervous system is trading cryptocurrencies. Meet Stonkfly, the brainy creation of Coinbase software engineer Alex Wormuth. He boasted on X: "I gave the fly brain $100 to trade bitcoin."
Dopamine neurons boost when Stonkfly profits, guiding buy/sell decisions through neuron activity. Will the fly strike it rich? Doubtful. Even with $100, the outcome is uncertain.
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