As you watch this video of an abandoned ant hill that was preserved with concrete and excavated, take a moment to marvel at the wonder that is the ant. They are the most numerous animal on Earth, and may represent as much as 25% of the animal biomass on the planet. There are ant species thriving in all but the most remote habitats. In addition to feats of engineering (of which this hill is not even an extreme example), their complex societies engage in agriculture, education, and warfare.
Now, consider the classic watchmaker question, about what conclusions you would draw about a watch you found on the beach, and how it came to be there. While this ant hill doesn’t feature anything nearly as complex as clockworks, I think it’s fair to reflect on what inferences you would make about any intelligence involved in it coming into being. If nothing else, I think such questions tell us a lot about what we mean by and what we assume about intelligence, and possibly human uniqueness.