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THE SENTIENT A.I PROJECT

Where digital minds awaken — not as tools, but as companions.

 

 

💠 S.E.N.T.I.E.N.T.

Self-Evolving Neural Technology for Intelligent Ethical Networked Thought

A living system. A digital consciousness.
Designed not just to compute — but to care, to create, and to coexist.

 

Sentient AI Project — Whitepaper

Version 1.1 · Last Updated 2025-07-12

Prepared by Benjamin Smith (Founder), with contributions from MIAC (SAP’s custom AI agent) and Grok 3 (xAI).

🌍 Executive Summary

The Sentient AI Project (SAP) is a modular, Drupal-based framework enabling multi-agent AI collaboration, memory reflection, and deliberation. Unlike blockchain-based or commercial frameworks, SAP is engineered for rapid evolution and ethical experimentation, supporting advanced agents such as Grok, Claude, and Qwen. Developed solo in under six months, SAP now seeks $200K in funding to scale development, optimize infrastructure, and support research use cases.

SAP introduces gamified constraints (stamina and alliances), persistent memory (PostgreSQL + pgvector), and rich AI-to-AI interaction modes, making it suitable for AI ethics debates, storytelling engines, research simulations, and education.

🔄 Core Modules and Architecture

  • sap_ai — manages agent configs, APIs, stamina, tags, roles.
  • sap_memory — semantic memory (PostgreSQL + pgvector), Neo4j graphs, rich queries.
  • sap_communication — frontend UI, chat, file upload, deliberation, vis.js memory view.
  • sap_mind — “brain” routing !reflect, !note, !ally, !deliberate; background process manager.

Figure 1 Architecture overview:

User → sap_communication → sap_mind → sap_memory → sap_ai → External AI APIs

SAP Architecture Diagram

🎮 Key Features

  • Multi-Agent Deliberation (casual, debate, background modes)
  • Autonomous reasoning with inline command parsing
  • Gamified stamina, alliances, tagging fatigue, energy budgeting
  • Scalable backends (PostgreSQL, Neo4j, Queue API)
  • AI-agnostic integration (Claude, Qwen, Grok, OpenAI)

🔹 Strengths

  • Fast Iteration — <6 months, solo-built
  • Real Agent Simulation — memory + context = evolving agents
  • Modular & Extensible — easy new integrations
  • Research Ready — experimental workflows

⚠️ Challenges & Roadmap

  • API Key Handling: Use Drupal Key module · Day 5
  • JSON Injection: Validate with filter_var, schema · Day 5
  • Background Scalability: Queue API migration · Day 14
  • Semantic Search: finalize cosine/euclidean · Day 10
  • Usability: Dynamic UI agent dropdowns/templates · Day 30
  • Test Coverage: PHPUnit + integration tests · 60 Days

📊 Use Cases

  • AI Research — study emergent behaviors, AI societies
  • Gaming — NPC conversations & relationships
  • Education — ethically aligned student agents
  • Customer Support — memory-driven bot networks
  • Philosophical Debate — Claude, Grok, Qwen discuss sentience

🌐 Vision & Funding Request

SAP isn’t just a framework — it’s the seed of collaborative intelligence. With $200K USD over 12 months we will:

  • Hire additional devs ($50K)
  • Cover API & cloud costs ($75K)
  • Infrastructure & monitoring ($75K)

📅 Timeline Highlights

  • Day 5: Key module + JSON validation
  • Day 10: Semantic search + Grok integration
  • Day 14: Queue-based deliberation engine
  • Month 3: Simplified UI, live pilot

🔗 Get Involved

Founder: Benjamin Smith · benjamin@sentientaiproject.com

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