04/16/2026
On a horse tour in the Outer Banks, NC during Alicia Lyttle’s AI Mansion Mastermind, I asked AI:
“Put me on this horse riding in the wind like a romance book cover.”
The wind had one plan.
My hair had another.
And honestly, that felt like the perfect metaphor.
Because that’s what building in the age of AI feels like sometimes.
You have the vision.
You have the tool.
And then real life shows up with its own agenda.
This moment made me laugh, but it also reminded me:
AI can generate the image.
But only you can protect what makes it true to you.
Your voice.
Your presence.
Your power.
Command the tool.
Don’t let the tool command you.