I'm curious why you're apparently optimistic that this will work for you, when nothing else has.
Depends on what you mean by "optimistic that this will work." Presumably Eliezer at least thinks this is positive expected value (and so do I). That doesn't have to be because he assigns a high probability to it having positive value, it could be because he assigns a moderate probability to it having moderately high positive value or because he assigns a low probability to it having extremely high positive value, etc.
When computing the expected value, keep in mind that Soylent displaces other food, so the actual cost (assuming the project meets ...
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