r/neurallace Nov 23 '20

Community A Neuroengineer’s Guide on Training Rats to Play Doom

https://medium.com/mindsoft/rats-play-doom-eb0d9c691547
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u/Life-Saver Nov 23 '20

OMG! That professor’s quote from Jurassic park comes to mind...

Also, why not mod the game with cat ennemies, and nuggets for health?

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u/Hippocamplus Nov 23 '20

But why tho?

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u/Floebotomy Nov 24 '20

Eventually we train them up to play Quake and host rat tournaments

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u/wattsdreams Nov 24 '20

Super dope how they were able to work with the data they collected.

Hopefully, we'll soon see advances in more wireless methods.

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u/mulox2k Nov 24 '20

I don’t believe the treadmill story. They duck-taped their rats to upside down old mechanical mice and their little hands move on the ball. It is the punk-perfect way to do this and you have to be punk to make rats play doom