Tether CTO: AI will choose Bitcoin over centralized cryptocurrencies

Author: GARETH JENKINSON, COINTELEGRAPH; Compiler: Songxue, Jinse Finance

Tether Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino stated that if humans and artificial intelligence (AI) merge in the future, Bitcoin may become the currency of choice for sentient machine intelligence. **

Ardoino believes that if AI uses digital currencies in the future, the decentralized nature of the Bitcoin protocol will make it a natural choice for AI: "I think AGI will definitely only choose Bitcoin."

AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence, refers to artificial intelligence that can learn how to perform intellectual tasks that humans can. The advent of large-scale language learning models like ChatGPT unlocks the potential for artificial intelligence and general artificial intelligence that will revolutionize many industries and fundamentally change the way humans perform a range of tasks.

According to Ardoino, the future of humanity will likely involve melding humans with artificial intelligence through bionic elements and "brain augmentation". He emphasized that Elon Musk's Neuralink is a typical example of exploring the possibility of artificial intelligence technology to enhance cognition.

Pointing to movies like The Matrix as popular representations of a dystopian AI-dominated future, Ardoino argues that AGI would naturally choose Bitcoin over a centralized currency: “A machine will always choose a fully decentralized, Something no one can control. If machines have to pay for electricity to work, they will forever use something that humans cannot control, and in my opinion, they will use Bitcoin."

Ardoino said that in the next 20 to 30 years, humans may coexist with artificial intelligence in any form. However, this may depend on a different focus on reversing aging than on incorporating artificial intelligence and bionic elements into humans to enhance their physical and mental capabilities.

"The future tells me that we are moving towards augmented intelligence, where artificial intelligence is finally fused with a normal brain. Maybe this is the future of humanity."

In view of the "disruptive" nature of the artificial intelligence ecosystem, BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, and others have regarded the artificial intelligence ecosystem as a major investment opportunity. The mid-year outlook report highlighted that gains in the S&P 500 are increasingly concentrated in a handful of technology stocks.