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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by adverbly on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:26PM (#50343208)
Mind blown.

I simply must know now: Could they do it with neurons in a brain?

Some absolutely crazy and insane experiments if this ability grows.

Could they edit an animal's brain? Can they teach things to animals???

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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by jdiff on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:30PM (#50343268)
How could they possibly? Neurons aren't floating point values that can be so easily perceived and changed. They don't strictly flow in consistent directions.
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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by Aboutplants on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:27PM (#50343222)
The answer will be :

It works! In mice

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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by torben-friis on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:32PM (#50343286)
Do we have a way of reading an editing individual neuronal pathways at all? I thought we're stuck measuring general activation of broad areas.
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