Pretty fly for an AI: Bioboffins use machine learning to decipher fruit flies' brains

Scientists in the US have developed a computer program called JAABA that uses machine learning to map groups of neurons responsible for the different behaviors observed in tiny fruit flies. The brain is a tangled mess of neurons that continues to mystify neurologists. Creating a detailed map allows scientists to learn the anatomy of the brain in the hopes that they can understand how behavior manifests neurologically. Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are a good place to start. The insects have a poppy seed-sized brain with 100,000 neurons compared to the 100 billion in human brains.