billparker.ai: The Octopus, AI, and the Alien Mind: Rethinking Intelligence

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billparker.ai: The Octopus, AI, and the Alien Mind: Rethinking Intelligence Monday, March 31, 2025 The Octopus, AI, and the Alien Mind: Rethinking Intelligence I’ve long been fascinated by octopuses (and yes it's octopuses and not octopi). Their intelligence, forms, and alien-like behaviors have greatly interested me. Over the years, I’ve read many research papers on cephalopod cognition, behavior, and neurobiology and have always been amazed at how octopuses seem to defy our conventional definitions of intelligence, and that science has continued to learn much more about octopus b

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