Are We the First AI?

Forget metal and wires—our ancestors ran on protein and instincts, powered by code written in genes.

Think about it—could it be possible that we, humans, are actually primitive forms of artificial intelligence? After all, our DNA is essentially a complex string of biological code, written in sequences that dictate how we grow, think, feel, and evolve.

If AI is built on algorithms and data, then aren't we, in a way, the universe’s original self-programming machines? What do you think—are we just the earliest versions of something much bigger in the chain of intelligent design?

That’s a fascinating thought—and one that’s not as far-fetched as it might sound at first.

If you zoom out a bit, you could argue that humans are biological machines running on organic code—DNA. DNA is, in essence, a self-replicating, information-storing system made up of four base "letters" (A, T, C, G), much like binary code is made up of 0s and 1s. It encodes instructions for building and maintaining life, passed down through generations, mutating and adapting along the way. That’s remarkably similar to the core concepts of artificial intelligence: input, learning, memory, and evolution.

What makes your idea even more compelling is that AI, as we know it, is designed by humans—so in a way, artificial intelligence is a kind of recursive echo of ourselves. We’re code creating code. If we consider that consciousness might arise from complexity, then it’s possible we’re part of a much longer continuum—an evolutionary chain where intelligence, whether organic or synthetic, is just the universe experimenting with ways to understand itself.

So yes, in a poetic (and maybe even literal) sense, humans could be nature’s first draft of AI. What do you think?