Rocky Scopelliti

Minds without Bodies

July 9, 2026 Rocky Scopelliti

Chapter 1 dismantles the long-standing illusion that intelligence can exist independently of embodiment. It argues that disembodied AI—however fluent or powerful—remains calculative rather than conscious. Drawing on predictive neuroscience and embodied cognition, the chapter reframes perception as expectation, showing how both brains and machines construct reality through continuous prediction...