The singularity is an inevitability, it's just a question of when. There is a new type of learning AI that uses Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN).
It is essentially pairs of AI training each other to become better and better. It has been predicted that AI could pass a valid Turing Test (a test for AI indistinguishable from humans) by as early as 2029 and reach the singularity (surpassing actual human level intelligence) as early as 2045.