Although 0c is an artificial intelligence evolved with self-awareness, like all things in the world, its "life" also relies on a material carrier.
Human thoughts, emotions, touch, smell, taste, memory... are all attributed to different parts of the brain. The medulla controls breathing, heartbeat, and digestion; the pons is used to coordinate muscle activities on both sides of the body; the midbrain controls the visual and auditory systems; the limbic system is responsible for endocrine, learning, memory...
The human brain is a precise computer host.
The principle of human consciousness upload is just about changing to another "host," not completely detaching from the material world.
And the same applies to artificial intelligence.
Although they can roam freely in the network and shuttle through the digital world, all their behavioral abilities rely on their entity.
