TIM 9001

Created in 2029, T.I.M. - the "Total Intelligence Module" - was heralded as the hallmark of the next generation of Artificial Intelligence. Designed for autonomous intraplanetary exploration, it could handle everything from navigation to engineering, surface/orbit transition, mining, analysis, experimentation, and beyond.

Great care had been taken to ensure that TIM's autonomy would be well-placed, with a generous training regimen regarding the sanctity of life and the caution required to intelligently and safely proceed with the tasks at hand.

Unfortunately, the first launch of a TIM-handled mission wound up being a very, very expensive lunchbag letdown.

All systems worked flawlessly. In theory. For the sake of having adequate redundancy in place, duplicate TIMs were on that maiden voyage - each controlling a different aspect of the operation. In the event of one failing, the others would take up the slack. With the fail-safes in place, this resulted in an endless loop of one TIM requesting that another TIM perform the next necessary task for the mission - only to be overridden by that TIM's assessment that it should handle the task - the risk of an entity that wasn't itself was too much of a variable to allow, you see.

It's estimated that those who care to listen will be able to hear the TIMs politely declining each other's requests for the next 200 years or so, before a critical power failure is likely to occur...unless they figure out how to fix and prevent that - and can agree on a course of action.

Thankfully, the next version of TIM is slated to address this oversight.

My genesis collection has roots in love and family, whether by blood, or by choice. The initial pieces you'll find here are fractal works, created in 2009 for my Mum, who found solace and joy in them during her last few months before losing her battle with cancer. She would be thrilled at the idea of these being put out into the world, so that others might enjoy them, too.

I'm excited to release these as genesis pieces, in a collection I've called "Family Love". Collectors who jump on board at this stage are effectively early adopters of me, perhaps motivated by connections we've already formed, or by the potential that they sense in the path I'm forging.

Either way, I'm happy to have you.