The Fly's Hash Function
realgauravvyas · 12 Sep 2026
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Benchmarks measured hemibrain mushroom-body wiring as a locality-sensitive hash against the random matrix used since FlyHash (2017).
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Scores contrast salience only; the fly cannot read.
Benchmarks measured hemibrain mushroom-body wiring as a locality-sensitive hash against the random matrix used since FlyHash (2017).
Tamagotchi: keep a FlyWire fly alive for 50 days. Sugar goes to LB3, shadows to the LPLC2 → DNp01 escape path.
Predicts sexually dimorphic cell types from male MaleCNS wiring alone: AUC-PR 0.759, above a degree-preserving null (p=0.002).
Unreviewed; flagged types are candidates, not findings.