I'm curious, is the goal to prove one or few models wrong? I think while it is extremely sexy, his explanation kind of answers the question for him in a cheesy way - "depends on which lens you look at the problem with".

Doing a nematode-version Turing test is one thing. You could even do it as a nematode in a Chinese box. But isn't there a flaw in comparing how a real nematode's brain reacts to light vs. a nemaload function to a specific computed wavelength of light energy? I think I'm not understanding something.