In theory yes, a small(er) model to do almost anything exists in the problem space of all models.
The problem is getting to that model state. Evolution found these models by creating a ridiculously huge number of experiments with the cut off function being 'can it breed before it dies on a limited number of calories'.
At least at this point it doesn't seem likely we can find a shortcut beyond that necessary computation. Evolution did it with time and parallelism. We do it differently with scale and rapid energy usage.
The problem is getting to that model state. Evolution found these models by creating a ridiculously huge number of experiments with the cut off function being 'can it breed before it dies on a limited number of calories'.
At least at this point it doesn't seem likely we can find a shortcut beyond that necessary computation. Evolution did it with time and parallelism. We do it differently with scale and rapid energy usage.