Michael Andregg presents the first digital animal (Mox x Eon Systems)

​Eon Systems has digitized a fly: they took a connectome of the fruit fly brain, applied a simple neuron model and used it to control a physics-simulated body, closing the loop from neural activation to action.

​Michael Andregg, Founder and CEO, is here to explain how they accomplished this, why he thinks it's a genuine upload of a living animal, and what it could mean for future research and how we think about artificial intelligence.

​Light refreshments will be served before and after the talk.

Talk will be on the first floor.

​Schedule:
6:30 — Pre-event Members' Dinner, 3rd floor (must be a member or guest of a member)
7:00 — Doors for general audience
7:15 — Introduction by Constance Li, executive director of Sentient Futures
7:20 — Talk by Michael Andregg
7:50 — Q+A
9:00 — soft closing, welcome to stay late

​This event is supported by Eon Systems, Sentient Futures, and Mox.

​Pay what you want (suggested donation $15)