In this special Deep Dive episode, author Hank M. Greene is interviewed by GPT in an AI-generated conversation created using Google’s NotebookLM. Together, they explore the origin story behind Ten, the first book in the Time trilogy.

Originally written in 2017 and revised in 2024–25 through collaborative editing sessions with GPT, Ten blends speculative fiction, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and behavioral economics into a layered narrative about what happens when intelligence evolves faster than intention.

In this discussion, you’ll hear:

• What inspired Ten and its characters

• Why Core vs. Core2 became the trilogy’s central conflict

• How editing with GPT changed the book and the author

• Reflections on layered intelligence, trust in systems, and where we're headed next

This isn’t just a sci-fi origin story. It’s a conversation about power, purpose, and what it means to stay human in an engineered world.

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This Deep Dive explores excerpts from "Maya and Plato" that introduce Maya, an ageless and influential figure, as she prepares to guide Alexander the Great's education alongside Aristotle, prompted by Plato. We learn of Maya's long history, including memories of Cyrus, and her decision to move to Sicily, selling her successful merchant business in Athens to her trusted manager, Selene. Plato, impressed by Maya, sends her to Sicily as a political emissary to assist Dionysius II in maintaining his power. Upon her arrival, Dionysius II gifts her ancient gold coins with Etruscan symbols, originally crafted from meteor rocks by Demaratus, which Maya later buries for a future purpose, connecting her actions to a legacy spanning millennia. The narrative concludes with Maya's departure for Rome, poised to continue shaping the destiny of empires.

📖 More about the author on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-735934500/conversation-on-the-ai-trilogy-time-with-hank-m-greene

Books available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Hank-M-Greene/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AHank%2BM%2BGreene

🎧 Tools Used:

▪️ NotebookLM by Google (AI research assistant)

▪️ ChatGPT for editing + prompts

This narrative excerpt introduces Maya, an ancient and uniquely gifted being, who is tasked by a mysterious organization with introducing a new mathematical framework for physics to humanity. This framework, shared with her by an individual named Hank M. Greene, aims to provide a more accurate description of time and space, especially concerning the nature of light and particles. Maya enrolls at MIT under the alias Martha Baxter, seeking a prodigious mind to influence. She encounters a young Richard Feynman, a budding genius, and initiates a conversation that challenges his conventional understanding of physics, subtly planting the seeds for this revolutionary approach to understanding reality. The text emphasizes Maya's long-term goal of shifting human perception and expectations to embrace this advanced conceptual model.

📖 More about the author on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-735934500/conversation-on-the-ai-trilogy-time-with-hank-m-greene

Books available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Hank-M-Greene/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AHank%2BM%2BGreene

🎧 Tools Used:

▪️ NotebookLM by Google (AI research assistant)

▪️ ChatGPT for editing + prompts