Compression doesn't seem that smart on the level of 'gzip'. But one can also look at what the brain is doing when learning (and classifying stuff into conceptu

Compression doesn't seem that smart on the level of 'gzip'. But one can also look at what the brain is doing when learning (and classifying stuff into conceptual clusters) as also being compression. Given the enormous theoretical 'capacity' of the brain (however defined), the compression may not be required for space reasons - but it potentially serves an interesting function in terms of understanding.