>So my modest proposal is that if we want AGI, we need to figure out how to implement a digestive system in silico. The problem is that whatever function diges

>So my modest proposal is that if we want AGI, we need to figure out how to implement a digestive system in silico. The problem is that whatever function digestion provides to the mind must do so through modulating neural signals. That is, its influence is purely functional in nature. Thus we can replicate its influence without replicating digestion, e.g. simulate the dynamics of the vagus nerve. There is nothing essential about digestion to consciousness.