Simple circuits create complex behaviors
The gist
Aatish Bhatia and Arkarup Banerjee published an interactive article on wiring a four-neuron virtual creature called a spark.
The piece argues rich behavior can emerge from very simple neural circuits.
How it unfolded
- date unknownBhatia and Banerjee publish the interactive article "Let's Build a Brain," in which readers build a virtual creature called a spark with a simple neural brain.
- date unknownThe article describes four behaviors produced by small changes to the spark's circuitry: wiggling toward light, steering away from light, charging into light, and steering to light and stopping.
- date unknownThe article notes that a small amount of noise was added to the simulation to make the paths look more organic.