I don't think the singularity is going to happen per se. But I don't think that removes the threat envisioned of "paperclip maximizers" - it increases it. I think we are actually already in the throes of drastic change of society in response to AI, which in no way requires it to be anything like human intelligence. Humanity is going to be shaped in the near future by extreme pressure from the development of whatever you want to call it.