Lots of people communicate with octopuses. Just as my dog and i can converse (ie "do you want food or to go out?") similar interaction can be done with an octopus.

Do you have any link to confirm a domesticated octopus that responds to verbal commands? I always understood they barely have any capacity for sound.

Communication does not require the animal to answer commands. If I am sitting on the couch and my dog brings me her leash, that is her telling me that she wants to go for a walk.

Octopus trained to use camera: https://petapixel.com/2015/04/10/this-octopus-was-trained-by...

Wild pacific octopuses are known to have distinct personalities. Some like to interact with divers, a tactile form of communication.

https://themarinedetective.com/2015/02/23/gentle-giants-what...

That's fair enough I guess, I took your comment to mean respond to verbal commands

>Lots of people communicate with octapuses. Just as my dog and i can converse (ie "do you want food or to go out?")

No point in arguing but not sure how teaching a Octopus to push a button (that happens to take a picture) to be communication. And sure I dive and have interacted with Octopi, but I don't go around saying I communicate with Octopi, the same way I wouldn't say I communicate with monkeys if they interact with me by throwing their shit at me...but I get your gist.

Some fish hunt with an octopus buddy and signal the presence of prey.