I think I read article either by her or atleast mentioning this experiment (and how those infamous fake ones had soured people up on idea), with author getting upset at how modern scientists would rather rush to prove AI is sapient than do anything, just anything towards studying the plants for any kind of intelligence.
People wish for aliens, but refuse to look into life that is right nearby (even closer than covetous whatever-is-under-the-sea). Boohoo, no central neurous system, bohoo, diffirent chemical makeup, I am a big baby who would not look into possibilities cause anything more simple than a cat must not be truly alive and considering it could be could prove my outlook to be wrong.