Pick one decision-maker, one AI risk and one decision they actually face. Lay out the options and make a clear recommendation in two pages.
Memos are how ideas reach people with power. Writing one forces you to be specific about what should actually happen.
Output: A two-page memo.
Choose a real decision-maker (e.g. a minister, regulator or MP) and a decision on their desk.
Write a theory of change: who reads this, and what do they do differently?
Gather the facts and list 2–3 realistic options with costs and benefits.
Recommend one option, saying what evidence would change your mind.
Cut to two pages and get feedback from someone who disagrees with you.
All steps done
Share what you made, then try another project. The PDF version has room for notes.
Companies make synthetic DNA to order. Screening those orders and the customers who place them is one of the main defences against engineered pandemics. Explain how it works and where the gaps are.
Find out which laws, strategies and guidance apply to AI in your country, and fit them onto one page.
Why do so many governance proposals focus on chips? Read one key paper and write a jargon-free explainer for someone outside tech.
