A.I. is not the only form of intelligence that is programmed; humans are also programmed through DNA sequences and living up to societal expectations. The way human bodies biologically work is written in the human DNA code, which can be considered the body's blueprint. Similar to humans, the way the A.I. functions is through code, but rather than DNA A.I. is programmed through software such as Python, C++, or Java to replicate human functions. A great percentage of human functions, from bodily functions to social interaction, is controlled by DNA, just as every move or function of a robot is programmed. However, the difference between humans and A.I. is that humans adapt to expectations of a given society while A.I. does not necessarily do so. A human child does not have self-awareness until around the age of five, and this can be demonstrated through placing a dot on the nose of a toddler and placing them in front of a mirror. Instead of wiping the drawn dot off their own nose, the child will try to wipe it off the mirror because a sense of self has not yet been developed. In Ex Machina (2015), Ava does not necessarily have a sense of self in the beginning, but as the film's plot begins to unfold Ava's sense of self becomes more clear, especially in the scene when she questions Caleb about whether she deserves the same freedom he has as a human along with her growing desire for this free will further developing her consciousness. Ava's awareness of herself is also presented in the scene where she is finally free of Nathan and heads to the room where a collection of other A.I. Nathan has developed are stored. When she peels the skin off another A.I. machine and places it on herself to make her look human and cover evidence of machinery, she demonstrates an understanding of the importance of social construct and adapts to society's expectation just as a human does. Since this consciousness and awareness of the self and surroundings is what distinguishes between A.I. and humans beyond DNA or code, Ava is a true A.I. that has human intelligence because she possesses these characteristics and moves through the same stages a toddler would when adapting to surroundings, but she does so much faster than a human would. With the advancement of A.I. today, there is a possibility that Turing-test-passing A.I. with the consciousness of humans will be developed. Should humans fear reaching this stage? Will the development of an A.I., like Ava, be the beginning of the end of human life on earth?