Offtopic, but I've always wanted to abuse ants' (the insect's) ability to find the quickest path in a grid, to make a tiny calculator or memory array, redstone

Offtopic, but I've always wanted to abuse ants' (the insect's) ability to find the quickest path in a grid, to make a tiny calculator or memory array, redstone style. Thought for a moment that you had done that, and got myself excited