I connected a fruit fly connectome to tic-tac-toe (with a minimax safety net)

Описание и применение

Использование реального нейронного соединения плодового мушки для игры в крестики-нолики с помощью минимакс.

How to use a real fruit fly connectome to play tic‑tac‑toe.

The FlyCNS‑TicTacToe agent can play tic‑tac‑toe using real fly neural wiring; with minimax it is unbeatable, without it the fly alone loses.

Select neurons that send motor commands and their central brain inputs.
Use the connectome data for connectivity, synapse counts, and neurotransmitter predictions.
Map each of the 9 tic‑tac‑toe squares to a group of output neurons and each player’s mark to a group of input neurons.
Simulate signal flow through the network to determine activity levels for each square.
Choose the square with the strongest activity as the fly’s move; if minimax is enabled, filter the fly’s choice to the best minimax moves.
Play the game from the terminal.
Optionally run the pipeline once to build the circuit before playing.

Scientists have mapped the whole nervous system of a fruit fly: every neuron and every connection, in a public database called a connectome.

Python, neuprint-python, networkx and pandas do the work.