I was also surprised to see your comment downvoted.

That said, I don't think I see the value of the thing you proposed saying, since the framing of reducing the movement penalty by consuming an orange box which represents humanity doesn't seem clarifying.

Why does consuming the box reduce the movement penalty? Is it because, outside of the analogy, in reality humanity could slow down or get in the way of the AI? Then why not just say that?

I wouldn't have given you a downvote for it, but maybe others also thought your analogy seemed forced and are just harsher critics than I.