At the scope of the Drake equation octopi are still pretty close to us since we both have neurons, so it's a few steps past life "seeding" (good way to phrase i

At the scope of the Drake equation octopi are still pretty close to us since we both have neurons, so it's a few steps past life "seeding" (good way to phrase it btw). If we saw intelligence in something descended from a pre-neuron fork in the short time that we have existed, that would be pretty good odds.