I don't think that's strictly possible, but I take the point that there are a lot. :)
100 billion neurons. 19,628 proteins expressed. 52 Brodmann areas of cerebral cortex. Hundreds of evolved psychological adaptations. WTAF?https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/862102601579454464 …
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Tyson is making sense. The brain being big and mysterious does not mean the principles it draws on can't turn out to be simple.
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Yep, my whole career was a bet on some simple evolutionary principles being useful, but the resulting adaptations are numerous & complex.
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The biological brain is complex because of lots of tweaks. A basic general AI is probably doable with a flow diagram of a dozen boxes.
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I disagree that a general AI could be simple, but that's a pretty deep argument for another time.
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Is there a current list somewhere of the empirically supported evolved psychological adaptions?
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I don't know of a unified list, but this 1,328-page handbook reviews a large number of them https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Evolutionary-Psychology-Set/dp/1118763998/ …
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dont overcomplicate it, perhaps he was talking about his own brain only
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What have you been smoking?
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