Future Outlook: Trends in The Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and The Digital Economy

Abstract

With the booming development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital economy, their deep integration is becoming a key engine for future economic growth. The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyse the current development status of AI and the digital economy, look forward to the integration trend of the two, and predict the future far-reaching impact at the economic and social levels. Firstly, this paper outlines the core application areas of AI technology and the basic development pattern of the digital economy at this stage, and analyses the roles of both in driving industrial upgrading and promoting efficiency improvement. Secondly, this paper focuses on the huge potential brought by the integration of AI and the digital economy, which is specifically reflected in the intelligent upgrading of the manufacturing industry, the optimisation of risk control and personalised services in the financial industry, the efficient scheduling of resources in the service industry, as well as the refinement of management and decision-making support in the construction of smart cities. Finally, this paper looks forward to the future integration of AI and the digital economy, and discusses its broad space in promoting high-quality economic development and improving social governance. At the same time, this paper also points out the data privacy, technical barriers, employment structure adjustment, ethical and legal challenges that may be faced in this integration process, and puts forward corresponding countermeasure suggestions to provide reference for promoting the deep synergy and healthy development of AI and digital economy.