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Show HN: Neural Net Flies Navigate through a maze

https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/4c5465b6-c384-4c9f-8a92-a4f840367ec2
8•logicallee•5d ago
In this simulation, flies are controlled by a neural network. You can adjust the hyperparameters. There's a maze mode, in which flies have to avoid some obstacles. I think the effect is pretty cool. What do you think?

updated link:

https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/5f7017c8-98fb-4d89-a32c-1...

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logicallee•1h ago
Just a note that you'll want to use the updated link, because the flies weren't able to navigate the more complicated maze - or at least, I couldn't get them to using the hyperparameters I tried.

updated link: https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/5f7017c8-98fb-4d89-a32c-1...

c0n5pir4cy•1h ago
I was wondering if the issue there is maybe the fitness function - the flies can get a higher fitness by avoiding the maze entrance early on by just heading straight up and early attempts to go into the maze early on will result in lower fitness.
onionisafruit•1h ago
I loaded this on my phone and there's no food visible. It only made sense when I tried it from a computer.

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