Project Emergence

Project Emergence is an AI agent simulation governed by Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It explores what happens when you give synthetic agents subjective needs, social bonds, and the capacity for self-actualization.

This research sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human consciousness -- part of Drew's doctoral work in UWG's Consciousness and Society program. The question is not just how we build AI, but what building it this way reveals about how we understand ourselves.