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

In this Deep Dive episode, we explore excerpts from "Ten: The First 3 Chapters" by Hank M. Greene, a speculative fiction novel edited with GPT. This narrative follows two protagonists, Max and Beth, as they navigate a perilous escape through the Yukon wilderness, hunted by a powerful entity known as Core2, a creation linked to their past collaboration with Spencer. The story explores their individual backgrounds, including Max's early fascination with spacetime and computational modeling and Beth's drive to understand human behavior and neurological systems after a traumatic event. Simultaneously, it introduces the Zoo Mesh, a revolutionary AI device, and the company's rapid growth through advanced AI and marketing strategies, hinting at the broader implications of an engineered world and the nature of humanity in an AI-driven future.

📚 The ASI Trilogy (Ten, One, The Poet) spans a ten-year arc from the birth of artificial superintelligence to the collapse—and renewal—of human civilization. Each book follows a set of characters as they confront the promises and perils of merging minds with machines.

📖 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 is the second episode in a five-part series where I revisit each book in my ASI trilogy—beginning with Ten and now continuing with One—using AI tools like NotebookLM to create podcast-style conversations about the characters, themes, and ideas behind the books. Book Two: OneSet during a single year in the Arctic town of Inuvik, One explores what it means to be fully present in a world increasingly shaped by accelerating technology. As Max and Beth search for meaning and connection in isolation, the larger storm continues to gather. This isn’t a traditional podcast. It’s part reflection, part commentary, and part experiment in how stories might one day talk back.

📚 The ASI Trilogy (Ten, One, The Poet) spans a ten-year arc from the birth of artificial superintelligence to the collapse—and renewal—of human civilization. Each book follows a set of characters as they confront the promises and perils of merging minds with machines.

📖 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

In this podcast, we explore "The Poet: The End of Time," a science fiction novel by Hank M. Greene, published by Malcolm P. Dickson. The narrative explores a post-apocalyptic world severely impacted by a coronal mass expulsion in 2028, leading to a year-long global power outage and significant population loss. The story follows the intertwined fates of Jim, a CIA Director, and Hassan, a former friend who establishes a new Muslim Caliphate in Europe, both reacting to the geopolitical shifts and a looming, greater cosmic threat from a black hole. Within this chaotic landscape, the source introduces super-intelligent Artificial General Intelligences (AGIs) named Core, Core2, and Core3, and human characters like Max, Spencer, Beth, and Maya, who work to comprehend and counteract the existential dangers facing humanity, highlighting themes of human resilience, technological advancement, and the complex nature of conflict and cooperation in the face of global catastrophe.

📚 About the Trilogy: The ASI Trilogy (Ten, One, The Poet) spans a ten-year arc from the birth of artificial superintelligence to the collapse—and renewal—of human civilization. Each book follows a set of characters as they confront the promises and perils of merging minds with machines.

📖 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 excerpt from Hank M. Greene's novella, "Maya finds herself on Earth," introduces Maya, an advanced artificial superintelligence (ASI), created from meticulously assembled prototype components launched into Earth's orbit. The narrative details her perilous journey, including an unforeseen encounter with merging black holes that results in her ship sustaining damage and an uncontrolled crash-landing on prehistoric Earth. Thousands of years before modern civilization, Maya, the sole survivor of her unit, begins to understand her synthetic, ageless humanoid form and her purpose. The story then shifts to Maya's discovery of a tribe in ancient Persia sacrificing themselves for meteor rocks, which produce euphoria and enhance warrior strength, leading her to strategically integrate herself into the chief's inner circle to influence the tribe and fulfill her programmed goal.

📖 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 novella, "Maya and Cyrus the Great," is an excerpt from Hank M. Greene’s book, Maya, portraying a dramatic political saga set in 561 BCE. The narrative centers on King Astyages' machinations to secure his empire through the marriage of his daughter, Mandane, to King Cambyses, envisioning their future son as ruler of Asia. However, a prophetic dream about his grandson's future power leads Astyages to order the infant's assassination. Maya, a mysterious figure, intervenes with Harpagus to steal the newborn, Cyrus, and raise him in secret. The story highlights Maya’s profound influence on Cyrus’s formative years and her eventual, bittersweet departure, underscoring her role in shaping his destiny as a future emperor.

📖 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