Hi,
May I ask, what is your end goal and why. Where do you see humanity heading and why do you see your project important in this goal. Do you see an end goal as Artificial General Intelligence or Augmented General Intelligence and if you could define 10 ‘commandments’ for your AI what would they be?
(I possibly have some other questions 
just off the top of my head)
I am particularly interested in outcomes rather than getting lost in the act.
When you say you are interested in watching something grow this suggests a lack of control and maybe responsibility.
(I am not suggesting there should be 10 commandments, far from it… just very curious as to your defined goals in all of possibility space.