So, no, the blanks have not been filled in then. Because, for those in Toner's camp, that middle ground is just "progress from GPT to T-1000, but slowly", right? Yudkowsky talks about AIs 3D printing themselves into biological entities and killing us all because humans are an inefficient use of matter. It's not a strong position to me because it sounds ridiculous, not because there's greed involved.