# "You (Yes, You) Need A February 2020 Checklist for AI Policy" by davekasten

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Published: 2026-07-28T05:58:29+00:00
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## Resource

TL;DR: You (Yes You) should prepare for a “February 2020” moment where suddenly AI policy becomes the most important issue in the world. You should be ready to take action if and when it does, in a detailed way. (Epistemic status: originally written for an event in early 2026; have heard from some folks that they found planning processes inspired by this memo very helpful for the smaller-scale OpenAI / Hugging Face response, so very quickly redacting a few things and posting this as-is.) ...

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