Octopuses are solitary animals, so they have little in terms of learned behavior. What they accomplish is generated by thoughts originating from themselves.
I used to think that this was the case, however more recent research (popular news article form of it) [0] seems to suggest that that may not be the case.
Humboldt squids at least work together to achieve goals such as catching prey. They coordinate to confuse and ambush the selected target. This shows (to me) not only that they are not solitary (all the time) and are able to communicate to achieve their common goal. A bit like killer whales.
