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AI:AM — AI Hidden States, Fruit Fly Brain Simulation, and Archival Film · October 14, 2026

Podcast: AI:AM · Prakash Narayanan & Nathan Labenz

Opublikowano: 2026-10-15

Cameron Berg of Reciprocal Research discusses OLMo experiments in which DPO preference training made hidden positive and negative states causally relevant to choices, while emphasizing that this is not proof of consciousness. Phil Maher of Stockfilm.com demonstrates TimeFly, a fruit fly brain simulation built around a published neural map, and considers the assumptions behind its movement, the value of untouched archival film, and the potential effects of synthetic data. Chapters (0:00) Hidden states and simulated fly brains (1:20) Tesla FSD turned a Chicago day trip into office time (2:32) An AI-made talk reset...