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The Octopus Model: Why the Best AI Agents Split Brain from Arms

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An octopus has 500 million neurons, two-thirds in its arms. Each arm perceives and reacts locally. The best desktop AI agents are built the same way - the LLM sets direction, MCP servers handle local perception and execution.

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