You know, if I was young again and offered a nice new MAX, I'd feel a lot happier if MCAS was not 'connected' to anything except one of the afore mentioned nice voices. "MCAS, lower the nose . . . lower the nose . . . This is your MCAS speaking." I would then decide how my charge was to be flown.
While in this dream state, I could become the boss of Boeing. 'We're going to have to bite the bullet on this one. What's it going to cost us to hinge the Horizontal Stabilizer at the front?'
The strange thing is, I'm not kidding, though I imagine I wouldn't be the one to make the calls.