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Investors are making massive, high-risk bets on artificial general intelligence as the next tech revolution. The potential rewards are enormous, but risks include unsustainable costs, fierce competition, and power strain from data centers. With OpenAI valued at $500 billion, analysts warn AI valuations resemble the dot-com bubble’s excesses.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Artificial general intelligence has become the ultimate high-risk, high-reward bet for
00:06investors chasing the next technological revolution, according to the Wall Street Journal.
00:10Unlike traditional venture capital, where diversification offsets losses,
00:14AI investment is increasingly concentrated in one colossal wager that AGI will one-day
00:19rival or surpass human intelligence. Potential upside is massive, multi-trillion-dollar profits,
00:24and transformative productivity gains. But the pitfalls are deep.
00:28AGI never materializes, proves too expensive, or takes too long.
00:33Investors can face steep losses. Even success comes with challenges.
00:36Heavy competition, rapidly updated hardware, and extreme capital costs.
00:40Rising data center spending is straining U.S. power capacity and fueling inflationary pressures.
00:46OpenAI's $500 billion valuation and 38 times revenue multiple show that AI companies are
00:51being valued at bubble-era levels, reminiscent of Cisco's 2000p.
00:55For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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