Gary Marcus

Nervous system (and the body) do have a great deal of pre-existing structure which can greatly narrow down how the organism interprets the signals from its interaction with the world. It is tuned to the structure of reality, at least within its way of life.

Maybe but for humans I believe that H(nature)<<H(nurture)

If that were true, then why do infants in their first year, have very similar progression in cognitive development?

Hmm. Same boot sequence, different games? But seriously, the environments are pretty similar across kids. And brain areas do go through some kind of a startup sequence. Critical periods.

You are right about nurture/culture supplying most information. But it is only able to do so because human animal possesses pre-built mechanisms to absorb it.https://twitter.com/generuso/status/1104521274431279105 …

Fully agree. I am not saying H(nature) is small.

That's the big question -- what is the minimal set of constraints necessary to bootstrap open-ended human-like learning? @ylecun hopes it can be something small and clever, others, like @GaryMarcus argue it is a load of stuff.