I'll believe it when it happens. There's a huge different between simulating 139,000 neurons and 50 billion neurons.
Besides, the authors looked at taste and touch sensory. That's not exactly predicting the entire behavior of a fly, and the authors (of which there were many), admitted they don't know if it can actually predict neural activity. Source
Dying is evolutionarily advantageous as a general rule for species, that includes humans. Just bcz you don't want to die doesn't mean it would be an advancement.
If that happened, it would probably be one of the stupidest things we've done, second only to climate change.
Good for you. My cats would be cowering in the basement under the bed. They are scared of people. My dog on the other hand would alert the entire neighborhood to the existence of the break-in. But she's a 17 lbs dog, and would be scared of the thief, so she'd then just let them steal whatever they want.
Wait, it's contagious!?!?