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July 5, 2019 03:25 pm PDT
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Mutant fly strains invented by a neural net
Janelle Shane, harbinger of the generative apocalypse, presents mutant fruit flies invented by a neural network: "Nothing to worry about."
I knew that fruit flies are a mainstay of research labs, but I had never given them much thought until Prof. Greg Neely emailed me to point out how weird the names of mutant fruit flies are. Theres a strain of mutants called Out Cold where the fly loses motor coordination below a certain temperature, and another nicknamed Moonwalker that walks backwards. Could a neural network learn how to invent new names and mutations?
An unsettling reminder that science fiction isn't a prediction, but the present placed in uncanny focus.
P.S. AI Weirdness is proof that blogging is still great) Read the rest
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