The sheer alien-ness of cephalopod intelligence reminds me of the current conversation about AI and whether they are "truly" thinking or just mechanistic. It's

The sheer alien-ness of cephalopod intelligence reminds me of the current conversation about AI and whether they are "truly" thinking or just mechanistic. It's easier to see an octopus as executing a highly advanced algorithm than it is to see ourselves that way. And we can look at them and appreciate their sophistication yet have no way of understanding their internal experience.