A.I. Revolution and NVDA: Why Tough Going May Be Ahead

The topic with all the buzz these days is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its future. The potential benefits include automating repetitive tasks, enhancing productivity, data analysis, assisting in medical research — and more.

… the mood surrounding AI is way more optimistic than pessimistic.

Just think about how investors have bid up the price of AI-related stock Nvidia Corp., which has a market capitalization of around $2 trillion. That’s more than the GDP of Australia or South Korea. Indeed, if Nvidia was a country, it would rank just outside the top ten largest economies on Earth. Yet — a word of caution: Trends generally don’t go up or down in straight lines without significant interruptions.