A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they're too smart for that

Re:A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they'... by SirWart on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:14PM (#39304585)

Sorry, my use of "intelligent" here was imprecise. They can clearly learn, but seem much less intelligent than other animals that we commonly eat, and not anywhere close to the same level of intelligence of animals that we generally do not eat, such as great apes, elephants, and whales.

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Re:A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they'... by burning_hamster on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:43PM (#39304999)

Some octopus species use rudimentary tools, which would put them ahead of elephants and whales in at least that aspect.

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Re:A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they'... by BenjiWiebe on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:39PM (#39311468)

Elephants and whales apparently both use tools.

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Re:A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they'... by joak on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:41PM (#39304970)

"intelligence" is a quite imprecise term. What do you mean by intelligence, can you define?

Is chatGPT intelligent?

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Re:A seafood firm wants to farm octopus. Activists say they'... by PrimeMcFly on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:21PM (#39307138)

> They can clearly learn, but seem much less intelligent than other animals that we commonly eat,They can clearly learn, but seem much less intelligent than other animals that we commonly eat,

What?

You think an octopus is less intelligent than a cow, chicken or fish? Really?

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