Bacto

So at one time, way back when, the bugs got together and decided to create a body to house them and move them around.

That’s us and they’re our biome.

Eventually the bodies developed what the bugs call artificial intelligence and often started working against the interests of the biome.

Now the bodies are repeating history. Building great big cities to house themselves and putting in place the groundwork for what we call artificial intelligence.

Who needs the concept of “living in a simulation” when you’re an actual biological cliche?