No, he started predicting in his 2005 book, based on the “Law of Accelerating Returns”, yielding exponential growth in computing capacity.

Timeline from here on out:

2029: AI passes a valid Turing test and achieves human-level intelligence

2030s: Technology goes inside your brain to augment memory; humans connect their neocortex to the cloud

2045: The Singularity, when human intelligence multiplies a billion-fold by merging with AI