Indeed, if it's that hard to escape, surely comparing starvation to the inescapable will of the gods is that much more accurate?

That depends on the strength of one's transhumanist faith. :)

One can repurpose Camus as much as Camus repurposes Sisyphus, but the original passage does go on to say, "Sisyphus, proletarian of the gods, powerless and rebellious..." So Camus is not talking about us all, certainly not intellectuals like himself, but about the proles.