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         <h3 align="center">stevenmilanese.com</h3>
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-          [![Portfolio](https://stevenmilanese.com/projects/calabi-yau.webp)](https://stevenmilanese.com)
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           <p><strong>Immersive Portfolio Experience</strong></p>
           <p>Three.js visualizations • Server-side rendering • Headless CMS</p>
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         <h3 align="center">Emergence Intelligence</h3>
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-          [![Emergence Intelligence](https://stevenmilanese.com/projects/emergence-intelligence.webp)](https://stevenmilanese.com/#projects)
+          <a href="https://stevenmilanese.com/#projects" target="_blank"><img src="https://stevenmilanese.com/projects/emergence-intelligence.webp" width="100%" alt="Emergence Intelligence"/></a>
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           <p><strong>Advanced AI System</strong></p>
           <p>Cognitive architecture • Semantic processing • Episodic memory</p>
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 ## 💫 Connect & Collaborate
 
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