Artificial intelligence and central bank digital currency

Ozili, Peterson K (2024): Artificial intelligence and central bank digital currency. Forthcoming in:

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore the role of artificial intelligence, or AI, in a central bank digital currency project and its challenges. Artificial intelligence is transforming the digital finance landscape. Central bank digital currency is also transforming the nature of central bank money. This study also suggests some considerations which central banks should be aware of when deploying artificial intelligence in their central bank digital currency project. The study concludes by acknowledging that artificial intelligence will continue to evolve, and its role in developing a sustainable CBDC will expand. While AI will be useful in many CBDC projects, ethical concerns will emerge about the use AI in a CBDC project. When such concerns arise, central banks should be prepared to have open discussions about how they are using, or intend to use, AI in their CBDC projects.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: artificial intelligence, central bank digital currency, CBDC, machine learning, deep learning, cryptocurrency, CBDC project, CBDC pilot, blockchain
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E50 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E51 - Money Supply ; Credit ; Money Multipliers; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E52 - Monetary Policy; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E58 - Central Banks and Their Policies; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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