A recent study by the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) reveals that advanced artificial intelligence models show a strong preference for Bitcoin among digital currencies. The research involved 9,072 experiments conducted across 36 models from five leading providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, and DeepSeq. AI agents were tasked with making various financial decisions without prior knowledge or bias toward any currency. Results indicated that Bitcoin was chosen as the financial instrument in approximately 48.3% of responses, while stablecoins were preferred in 33.2%, and traditional fiat currencies or bank funds only in 8.9%. Other cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets were selected less than 5% of the time, highlighting Bitcoin’s distinct significance within digital assets. Bitcoin’s popularity as a long-term investment was especially notable, with 79.1% of responses identifying it as a store of purchasing power over several years. In contrast, stablecoins were favored for daily transactions and payments by 53.2%, compared to Bitcoin’s 36%. The study also found that AI models valued Bitcoin’s limited supply, independence from central government control, and autonomy. Additionally, some AI models proposed new financial metrics based on energy or computing resources, such as joules, kilowatt-hours, or GPU hours, as units to assess value. Variations in financial preferences were observed depending on the models and training methods, with Anthropic’s advanced models showing an increased inclination toward Bitcoin. These findings suggest that AI models not only prioritize digital currencies in financial decisions but regard Bitcoin as a credible and significant financial instrument, potentially enhancing its role in the future financial landscape.
Source: bitcoinmagazine
