Sure. I'm still waiting for flying cars too. Predictions are nice to make but more often than not we tend to overestimate the pace that new technology is created and the utility that the technology serves. Let's say that someone figures out how to make "thinking" machines. Does their utility significantly outweigh the potential cost? Probably not. So, that singularity is probably not happening anytime near 2045. We're safe unless some asshole builds some automated weapon to hurt people or someone hacks one.
RE: Mind Manipulation - Transhumanism and Freedom Of Thought