Well, the guy who is probably most famous for popularizing the term had predicted the (technological) singularity around 2045.
So, maybe?
He also predicted AGI by 2029.
From 2017 https://futurism.com/kurzweil-claims-that-the-singularity-will-happen-by-2045
More recent
At this point, with the seemingly exact same issues and action/inaction by liberal/left govs driving people rightward, it almost seems like it was a coordinated plan among certain people in power and influence that gather at certain meetings to discuss the fate of the world.