On the one hand, AI can improve efficiency, trading, even security audits.
But on the other hand… what happens when large AI-driven entities begin dominating mining, node operation, or even governance decisions in DAO-based Bitcoin side projects?
Regardless how powerful an AI is, it is still managed and maitained by human. So if the company that owns that AI has no intention of dominationg the mining sector of Bitcoin economy and does not want to do the 51% attack then all is good, the management can always trim down their hashing power just like what ghash.io did way back years ago.
Could the rise of AI contradict Bitcoin’s core principle: decentralization?
No, decentralization is not dependent on outside applications but rather on the nodes that are connected on Bitcoin network
Could AI centralize mining pools further?
Can it manipulate narratives and markets at scale?
Depends if the AI application is backed with funding that can affect the balance of the market. AI without the capability of buying and selling Bitcoin cannot affect the market.
Could we eventually see AI-designed chains trying to “out-Bitcoin” Bitcoin?
It is possible since AI is capable of programming and creating script, they can create clones of Bitcoin but obviously, there should be a strong force behind this clones created by AI to our perform Bitcoin in the market.
Would love to hear thoughts — does AI pose a real threat to Bitcoin’s future, or is it just another tool we’ll adapt to like everything else?
I do not think AI is the major threat but rather the people behind this AI is, if they have the funds, good political backing and huge community.