Has anyone thought about a technically practical pathway to the Singularity?

The Singularity might involve AGI, highly intelligent robots, and fully immersive virtual realities—something like The Matrix.

To reach AGI, it seems we either need much larger-scale data to train LLMs, or significantly higher-quality labeled datasets. Some are exploring the use of AI agents to self-improve or generate training data, but today’s LLMs still appear too limited in intelligence and planning capabilities to make that work.

As for high-intelligence robots, we would need solid hardware (better mechanical parts, electric motors, microcontrollers, etc.), more advanced real-world perception systems (including balance and spatial understanding), and, of course, a powerful “brain”—likely a fast, stable LLM with strong reasoning ability running locally.

I know less about BCI (brain-computer interface) technology, but it seems we’re still quite far from practical use, especially for something like mind uploading or full neural integration.

Curious what others think. Any promising directions or underrated bottlenecks?