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So there has been some discussion in recent years that plants may be intelligent in the sense that they are able to react to stimuli in their environment and ac

So there has been some discussion in recent years that plants may be intelligent in the sense that they are able to react to stimuli in their environment and actively adapt. There are a few notable experiments that can be interpreted as demonstrating that plants' actions sometimes go beyond simple reflex and could be interpreted as "remembering" or "planning". However, these interpretations are still in debate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_cognition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_cognition Plant life makes up about 99% of the bio mass on this planet. If we can't decide whether the dominant life form on this planet is intelligent, I think that shows that whatever intelligence may exist on other planets or galaxies will probably be so strange that we could be looking right at it and not see it.

f6v 6y ago
This goes back to the debate of what’s the definition of intelligence. You can build an agent which has memory and adapts to the environment, but you would not use the word “intelligence” in a sense you use it to describe humans or even pets. Like, does Roomba remember things and plan?
- MauranKilom 6y ago
  > Like, does Roomba remember things and plan? There are models that do this: Map out the room and then plan a route to efficiently clean it in future days. After watching one of them fail to navigate to the charging dock 4 inches away for ten minutes straight, I have concluded to not attribute intelligence to this machine though.