# Embodied cognition and agentic AI

DevFeed: [Embodied cognition and agentic AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/embodied-cognition-and-agentic-ai-29409.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://lemire.me/blog/2026/05/28/embodied-cognition-and-agentic-ai/>)

Author: Daniel Lemire

Published: 2026-05-28T23:04:35Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Daniel Lemire](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/daniel-lemire.md>)

Topics: [Machine Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-intelligence.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Deep neural networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deep-neural-networks.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [neural-networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/neural-networks.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion argues that intelligence is embodied in a person's environment, language, hands, and tools rather than located only in the brain. It connects this view to ChatGPT's chat interface and the emergence of agentic AI, although the supplied text ends before explaining the next step.

## Source excerpt

Where is your intelligence located? In your brain? It is a simplistic answer. A better model is that your intelligence is embodied. Consider a cook working at an expensive restaurant. He has all his favorite knives and cooking instructions, placed exactly where he wants them. His kitchen is part of his intelligence, of his skills. ... Continue reading Embodied cognition and agentic AI