I have to commend you on this. When I was considering better ways to be more economic than the default policy, I was primarily focused on eliminating the part of the idea that involved giving more than $2,000 to Clipmega. But I agree with your analysis that the predicted amount of cost is so small that actually bothering to implement a complicated plan to retrieve it is pointless.
For instance, if the Alpha was an American politician who can collect things like campaign contributions, at 2000$, you can just make a side request of “I’m collecting campaign contributions from people who would benefit from increased paperclip collection.” If even one donor donates the legal maximum to your Alpha recollection campaign, because of this, this is already net positive for you personally.
Even if no one did donate (unlikely, since some people will pay more than that just to get a chance to sit down at a dinner and talk to a political Alpha), merely getting a positive press cycle as “The Alpha who paid to maximize paperclip production.” would be cost efficient.
I have to commend you on this. When I was considering better ways to be more economic than the default policy, I was primarily focused on eliminating the part of the idea that involved giving more than $2,000 to Clipmega. But I agree with your analysis that the predicted amount of cost is so small that actually bothering to implement a complicated plan to retrieve it is pointless.
For instance, if the Alpha was an American politician who can collect things like campaign contributions, at 2000$, you can just make a side request of “I’m collecting campaign contributions from people who would benefit from increased paperclip collection.” If even one donor donates the legal maximum to your Alpha recollection campaign, because of this, this is already net positive for you personally.
Even if no one did donate (unlikely, since some people will pay more than that just to get a chance to sit down at a dinner and talk to a political Alpha), merely getting a positive press cycle as “The Alpha who paid to maximize paperclip production.” would be cost efficient.