Guy Zyskind is a name to remember in the crypto space. In my opinion the Enigma project is one of the most important projects in this space in terms of privacy and the ability to create "data markets". Guy Zyskind recently gave an interview which I think everyone should read. I'll post a few tidbits from the interview but make sure you check out the full interview by clicking here
How are we going to see AI enter this space? According to Guy Zyskind the initial use of AI in this space will be in the area of trading. This makes sense because trading bots are obviously the most profitable way to use AI at least in the current phase of crypto adoption. Additionally hedge funds have the money (more than enough) to afford all the AI experts necessary to develop and train the AI.
The returns generated by AI compared to from humans is also ridiculous:
Hedge funds that replace their human workers with AI ones are greatly outperforming their traditional counterparts. In fact, Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund that is one of the most reliant on AI, has a Medallion Fund that has been giving positive returns of between 20% – 98% from 2002 to 2016. During the 2007-2008 financial crisis, Medallion Fund gave annual returns of 85.8% and 98.2% respectively. These are very impressive returns for the legacy financial markets.
Enigma Catalyst will leverage the Wisdom of the Crowds which has proven itself to be more effective than human beings at trading.
References
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7bcbrj/artificial_intelligence_is_coming_to_crypto/