[kochikame]

Or the computer inside the game in the Three Body Problem novel which is composed of people waving flags

[bigger_inside]

Or the computer in Children of Time, also comprised of ants. (Though I also came here to say: Three Body Problem. Pretty well done in the Chinese TV show.)

[izzydata]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0GvSM_HevY

This needs to be translated. This is the depiction of the "human" flag computer in the recent Tencent adaptation plus some kind of explanation of how it relates to modern computer hardware.

[WaitWaitWha]

Very neat link, thank you. It is an educational video to explain how CPUs work using 30 million Qin soldiers.