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On the Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Ledger Technology: A Scoping Review and Future Research Agenda

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Pandl, Konstantin D., Thiebes, Scott, Schmidt-Kraepelin, Manuel, Sunyaev, Ali·2020·IEEE Access

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Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and distributed ledger technology (DLT) currently lead to lively debates in academia and practice. AI processes data to perform tasks that were previously thought possible only for humans. DLT has the potential to create consensus over data among a group of participants in untrustworthy environments. In recent research, both technologies are used in similar and even the same systems. This can lead to a convergence of AI and DLT, which in the past, has paved the way for major innovations of other information technologies. Previous work highlights several potential benefits of a convergence of AI and DLT but only provides a limited theoretical framework to describe upcoming real-world integration cases of both technologies. In this research, we review and synthesize extant research on integrating AI with DLT and vice versa to rigorously develop a future research agenda on the convergence of both technologies. In terms of integrating AI with DLT, we identified research opportunities in the areas of secure DLT, automated referee and governance, and privacy-preserving personalization. With regard to integrating DLT with AI, we identified future research opportunities in the areas of decentralized computing for AI, secure data sharing and marketplaces, explainable AI, and coordinating devices. In doing so, this research provides a four-fold contribution. First, it is not constrained to blockchain but instead investigates the broader phenomenon of DLT. Second, it considers the reciprocal nature of a convergence of AI and DLT. Third, it bridges the gap between theory and practice by helping researchers active in AI or DLT to overcome current limitations in their field, and practitioners to develop systems along with the convergence of both technologies. Fourth, it demonstrates the feasibility of applying the convergence concept to research on AI and DLT.

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  • The growing availability of training data is a fundamental reason for recent advancements of AI.

    “Next to advances in machine learning and deep learning methods, the growing availability of training data represents a fundamental reason for the recent advancements of AI (Pandl et al. 2020).”

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  • Most research prototypes employ DLT-based federated learning to train relatively simple AI models, and extant research indicates a performance overhead of 5% to 15%.

    “Most research prototypes, for example, employ DLT-based federated learning to train relatively simple AI models (Pandl et al. 2020;Preuveneers et al. 2018), while extant research indicates that DLT-based federated learning induces a performance overhead of 5% to 15% (Preuveneers et al. 2018).”

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  • There is a nascent stream of literature combining DLT with AI to address diverse issues of current AI-based systems.

    “Second, there is a nascent stream of literature combining DLT with AI to address diverse issues of current AI-based systems (Pandl et al. 2020).”

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  • In federated learning, no input training data is directly shared; partial AI models are trained by nodes, with provenance and integrity preserved using a distributed ledger.

    “In such a federated learning scenario, no input training data is directly shared.Instead, partial AI models are being trained by nodes participating in the federated learning network, while training data provenance and the integrity of the partial AI models are preserved using a distributed ledger (Pandl et al. 2020).”

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Authors
Pandl, K. D., Thiebes, S., Schmidt-Kraepelin, M., & Sunyaev, A.
Affiliations
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
Venue
IEEE Access
Published
2020
Volume
8
Pages
57075-57095
ISSN
2169-3536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3003473443
Cited by
115
References
121
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 6
FWCI
13.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • IEEE Access (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • KITopen (cc-by)
Funders
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology through the KIT-Publication Fund
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
Keywords
artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology, blockchain, technology convergence, algorithmic governance, privacy-preserving personalization, decentralized computing, secure data sharing, explainable AI, consensus, future research agenda

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