Yes, I thought about footnoting the BJ comment because 1) it assumes that AI/computers are bad, which is simply an assumption and 2) the reasons you said, the BJ was an extended miserable period (and I didn't want to have to figure out a very squiggly, back-and-forth line on the graph).

Now the latter part of your comment is interesting, and other parts of my thinking can see the logic. It's like a meta-level Irenaean theodicy on a species level scale.

But I do think it's more complex than that. For example, I don't "really" care if some kid in New Zealand becomes dependent on the EM, but I would deeply care if it was my daughter. Humans have various levels of obligations (the family, the community, the nation, etc.) and there is a part of me that doesn't just want to 'write off' a large segment of humanity.