{"id":"2074960499457056950","url":"https://x.com/zamir_ar/status/2074960499457056950","text":"Turns out it's possible to generate videos that maximally excite an arbitrary brain region using a simple search-based algorithm. It's a fully computational approach, so it's another way to speculate what a brain region represents, alongside other neuroscientific methods. \n\nSelect an arbitrary brain region->algorithmically generate a video that jacks it up. See the visuals on the webpage https://nevo-project.epfl.ch/ \n\nIn silico (for now)","author":{"name":"Amir Zamir","username":"zamir_ar","avatarUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1997510964166680577/5kCeliD6_200x200.jpg"},"createdAt":"Wed Jul 08 20:55:08 +0000 2026","engagement":{"replies":105,"retweets":239,"likes":3278,"views":1487891},"media":{"photos":[{"url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMu9b5VWQAIfZ5D.jpg?name=orig","width":1100,"height":1362}],"videos":[]},"quoteTweet":{"id":"2074404756739489982","url":"https://x.com/yingtian_david/status/2074404756739489982","text":"🚨 NEW PREPRINT\n\nVideos strongly shape activity across the visual cortex. But can we design videos that maximally drive specific brain regions?\n\nWe present NEvo 🧬🧠 — a neural-guided evolutionary framework that synthesizes videos to maximally activate target visual ROIs.\n\n(1/10)","author":{"name":"Yingtian Tang","username":"yingtian_david","avatarUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1950582032699899904/AjcwIPoT_200x200.jpg"},"createdAt":"Tue Jul 07 08:06:49 +0000 2026"},"externalLink":{"url":"https://nevo-project.epfl.ch/","displayUrl":"nevo-project.epfl.ch","title":"NEvo: Neural-Guided Evolutionary Video Synthesis","description":null,"thumbnailUrl":null},"adhxContext":{"savedByCount":1,"publicTags":[],"previewUrl":"https://adhx.com/zamir_ar/status/2074960499457056950"}}