Someone trained Google’s fruit fly brain simulation to play Balatro

Bold of a fruit fly to be better at Balatro than most of us. Someone trained Google’s fruit fly brain simulation to play Balatro, and it’s working. The model apparently has a 20% win rate on the easiest difficulty with a standard deck.

The Redditor says they are still training the model, so it could get better over time. One of the most fun Android games of the past few years, Balatro remains a popular choice for many players. The game blends poker and solitaire into a fun yet challenging experience that many enjoy.

One user has now managed to train a fruit fly (or at least a simulated fruit fly brain) to play the game. Google recently released a complete map of an adult fruit fly’s brain, and people have been using it to make it do increasingly random (and interesting) things.