Sebastian Seung - Bryant McGill

# Sebastian Seung **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Type:** Neuroscientist and computer scientist **Primary sources:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]]; [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Relationships - Co-led the [[wiki/FlyWire Consortium|FlyWire Consortium]] with [[wiki/Mala Murthy|Mala Murthy]]. - Holds the [[wiki/Evnin Professorship in Neuroscience|Evnin Professorship in Neuroscience]] and a computer-science professorship at [[wiki/Princeton University|Princeton University]]. - Led Princeton's AI-segmentation contribution to [[wiki/MICrONS|MICrONS]]. - Co-founded [[wiki/Zetta AI|Zetta AI]] with [[wiki/Thomas Macrina|Thomas Macrina]].  This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] and [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]], [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]], and [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - [[wiki/FlyWire|FlyWire]] was consortium led by **Sebastian Seung**.  ## Related Work in the Corpus  - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **FlyWire: Whole-Brain Completeness at Insect Scale** provides the narrative context for **Sebastian Seung**: The FlyWire Consortium, co-led by Mala Murthy (Director of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Karol and Marnie Marcin '96 Professor of Neuroscience) and Sebastian Seung (Evnin Professor in Neuroscience and Professor of… - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **MICrONS: Function-Structure Registration at Mammalian Scale** provides the narrative context for **Sebastian Seung**: The consortium of 150+ scientists across 22 institutions was led by the Allen Institute for Brain Science (Senior Investigator Dr.  ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts  > "Your experiences can change your connectome. And that’s why every connectome is unique, even those of genetically identical twins." > **— Sebastian Seung**, *July 2010, TEDGlobal talk* [[reminders/Connectomics/Your Experiences Can Change Your Connectome by Sebastian Seung|Your Experiences Can Change Your Connectome by Sebastian Seung]] > "Memories may be stored in the patterns of connections between neurons." > **— Sebastian Seung**, *Connectome (2012), wording candidate* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Connectome (2012), wording candidate.* [[reminders/unverified/Memory as Pattern by Sebastian Seung|Memory as Pattern by Sebastian Seung]] > "To understand the brain, we must understand its wiring." > **— Sebastian Seung**, *Connectomics talks, wording candidate* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Connectomics talks, wording candidate.* [[reminders/unverified/We Must Understand Its Wiring by Sebastian Seung|We Must Understand Its Wiring by Sebastian Seung]] > "You are more than your genes. You are your connectome." > **— Sebastian Seung**, *Connectome / TED-era formulation, wording candidate* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Connectome / TED-era formulation, wording candidate.* [[reminders/unverified/You Are More Than Your Genes by Sebastian Seung|You Are More Than Your Genes by Sebastian Seung]] > "Your connectome changes throughout life." > **— Sebastian Seung**, *Connectome (2012), compressed candidate wording* *Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Connectome (2012), compressed candidate wording.* [[reminders/unverified/Your Connectome Changes Throughout Life by Sebastian Seung|Your Connectome Changes Throughout Life by Sebastian Seung]]  ## Research Edges  #### Master relationship graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 330 — [[wiki/FlyWire|FlyWire]] `consortium_led_by` → this entry** — **CORPUS**; evidence `CORPUS_BCI`, `FLYWIRE`.   #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 330 — [[wiki/FlyWire|FlyWire]] `consortium_led_by` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_CORPUS**; evidence `CORPUS_BCI`, `FLYWIRE`.  ## Quotations  Quotations here are evidence for named propositions, not substitutes for proof. Confidence grades describe the quotation's provenance; they do not raise the associated scientific or philosophical inference to the same tier. The selection record is [[research/Research Inferences|Research Inferences]] and the supplied quotation review dated 2026-09-11. > “I am my connectome.” > > — **Sebastian Seung**, 2010 TEDGlobal talk title and thesis. [Source](https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_seung_i_am_my_connectome) · **Provenance confidence:** High **Evidentiary role:** articulates an influential connectomic identity hypothesis rather than settling the state-sufficiency question.