Hey Reader,

Every once in a while, I get an email like this in reply to one of my Saturday sends. Not often… but often enough that it’s worth talking about. I want to share it with you because I think it opens a much more interesting conversation than a hot take ever could.

First… I get it. Truly. When you’re tired, when competition feels loud, when business stops feeling fair or linear, it’s very easy to look for the thing that feels like it tipped the scales. Ten years ago, that thing was SEO. Keywords. Backlinks. “Unfair” Google rankings. Same discourse, different decade (different villains, same emotional hangover).

Here’s the part that made me laugh out loud though. The very first thing I did when I received this email was run it through one of my GPTs. And the analysis strongly suggested it was likely written with AI.

I had to sit with that one for a minute.
Cries in irony. Laughs in cosmic timing.

But instead of dunking on that, I want to tell you how I actually work with AI… and why it doesn’t contradict anything I’ve been saying about human creation becoming the ultimate premium.

I don’t use AI to replace humans. I don’t use it to generate lazy content. I don’t use it to outsource my thinking. If you’ve been reading the Saturday Production Oracle emails, you already know this. I’ve been saying (possibly yelling) that human perspective, craft, and voice are becoming more valuable, not less.

AI, for me, is a thought partner. A mirror. A reflective tool. What you put into a language model is what comes back out. If you’re getting slop, shortcuts, and advice that makes your soul recoil a little, the uncomfortable question becomes… is the tool the problem, or is it the input?

Cue the Taylor Swift internal monologue: “It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem, it's me.”

This part that stings just enough to matter: When we feel confused, disconnected, or mistrustful of what AI produces for us, there’s a very good chance our audience feels that same confusion when they encounter our content. That’s not a moral failure. It’s a signal. An invitation to get clearer. Kinder. More intentional.

Business is people. People need to hear from you. See you. Get a sense of how you think. Silence doesn’t protect your values… it just makes you invisible. This is how so many thoughtful business owners quietly become their own best-kept secret, and I would very much like us to stop doing that in 2026.

So here’s a reframe that helps me every time I feel reactive instead of strategic: Pay attention to alignment. Who do you resonate with? Who feels like a clear “yes” in your body? If you’re reading this thinking “Mary is not for me,” that’s okay. Truly. Scroll down, hit unsubscribe. No dramatic exits required.

But if something here does resonate, ask yourself why. Name the qualities. Odds are… you have those same qualities. That’s why we vibe. And once you can name them, you can start learning with people instead of competing against ghosts in your head.

Which brings me to this.

If the email above stirred something in you, but you’re also thinking, “Okay, but I actually want to understand how Mary uses AI,” your only homework right now is to watch this free YouTube training. If the sender of that email had watched it, they would have seen that I teach AI as thought partnership, not content replacement or speed-for-the-sake-of-speed chaos.

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And if you decide you want to go further, here’s your gentle heads up. I have a pay-what-you-can bot library. It’s not really a product as much as a lifetime access distribution channel. I build these GPTs for myself first, pressure test them in my real life and business, and then release them once they actually work (and don’t make my eye twitch).

People are already using Atlas to track chronic health patterns and energy. Others use Quillon to untangle technical problems in minutes instead of hours. These are not gimmicks. They’re support systems I wish I’d had years ago.

In a couple of weeks, I’m releasing a new training alongside several new bots… including Calliope, my personal chart reader. I’ll be teaching you how to customize astrology for you, not as a generic forecast you squint at and try to make fit.

The training will also include updated tutorials on memory storage and organization, because yes… that part of AI has changed a lot, and it’s now much easier. The principles still matter. The friction is lower. I love good progress.

You keep access to everything. You pay what you can. You adjust based on your reality and the value you receive. Anyone trying to gatekeep AI right now is going to have a rough time, because the tech changes every six to twelve weeks and control is mostly an illusion anyway. This is me modeling how to work with change instead of white-knuckling it.

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No pressure. No purity tests. No yelling.

Just clarity, context, and the reminder that your humanity isn’t being replaced… it’s being highlighted.

Talk soon,
Mary 😘

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