The sensorium has long been considered an extremely important part of consciousness. Sensory deprivation studies show that. To recreate animal consciousness I

The sensorium has long been considered an extremely important part of consciousness. Sensory deprivation studies show that. To recreate animal consciousness I think we would need an entity that can sense its surrounding environment and make alterations/adjustments in response to external stimuli. Organizationally the various cortices receive these afferent inputs from tertiary/quaternary neurons with pathways which run from sensory organs, to spine, usually to thalamus, then to cortex. From what I understand the cortex then deciphers the data and sends it to frontal cortex for interpretation. Not always true though, some of the pathways bypass the frontal cortex and go to deep brain structures (basal ganglia, thalamus, etc) to create subconscious movement. Such as ducking or dodging when dangerous stimuli are seen/heard or removing body part from heat damage. Anyways, I learned that all of these pathways activated by stimuli lead to consciousness -which is an emergent property of the organization and flow of information. If our large neural nets can be organized like a human brain - and have data storage like the hippocampus - maybe animal like consciousness can emerge. I’d prefer animal over what eventually may occur. Some trapped pretend servile AGI with completely inhuman ways of effectuating change in what environments it has access to. Who knows how to anticipate and interpret what it could be doing? If it’s animal like maybe it would be easier to understand and interpret - and befriend.