Scientists Taught a Petri Dish of Brain Cells to Play Doom—They’re Getting Better

How many brain cells does it take to play a game of Doom?

A petri dish of human neurons has learned to play Doom: 'The cells play a lot like a beginner who's never seen a computer, and in fairness, they haven't'

Understandably, you're likely scratching your head, wondering how it's even possible for a petri dish to play Doom. Good question. The answer is the CL1, "the world’s first code ...

Scientists get Doom running on chips powered by 200,000 human neurons, and those clever little cells are playing it too

Using the age-old medium of Doom, boffins just gave us a look into our cyborg future by making the game run on wetware ...
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Scientists get 200,000 brain cells in petri dish to play 'Doom'

They previously got 800,000 cells to play 'Pong.' ...
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Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom

"If the neurons fire in a specific pattern, the Doom guy shoots." The post Researchers Get Human Brain Cells Running Doom ...

Computer run on human brain cells learned to play ‘Doom’

A biocomputer powered by lab-grown human brain cells has leveled up from Pong to Doom. While nowhere ready to handle the video game shooter’s most challenging levels, researchers at Cortical Labs in ...
GameSpot

A Petri Dish Full Of Human Brain Cells Just Learned How To Play Doom

Forget playing Doom on a calculator. Now you can play it with a clump of brain cells--no brainstem necessary.
ZME Science

200,000 Living Human Brain Cells Just Learned to Play Doom and This Is Just the Start of It

Researchers at Australian start-up Cortical Labs have taught human neurons grown on a chip to play the classic Doom game. In 2021, they had already used 800,000 neurons to play Pong. Now, with four ...
American Council on Science and Health

Human Brain Cells Taught to Play Doom. Seriously.

A dish of living human neurons has been taught to play Doom. No, it isn’t conscious or watching the screen the way players do. But it is learning to respond to signals in a way that produces ...
New Scientist

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications ...
PCGamesN

The first two Doom games have been rebuilt with 64's assets, and new content

We've seen thousands of Doom mods that add new gameplay, restore lost content, and expand upon the iconic original game. Even when not modding the game itself, hardware modders are getting it to run ...
Game Rant

DOOM: The Dark Ages PC Settings and Performance Review

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the GameRant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...