The domain of Artificial Life is highly related and has had an ongoing conference series and journal going, might be worth mining for more inspiration: https:/

The domain of Artificial Life is highly related and has had an ongoing conference series and journal going, might be worth mining for more inspiration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_life https://direct.mit.edu/artl https://direct.mit.edu/artl https://alife.org https://alife.org