Quinn Michaels, the 10th person that folked Bitcoin from github [1], and other youtubers suggest that there is a connection between artificial intelligence and the Bitcoin network. This is supported by the computer security researcher Dan Kaminsky who studied and tried to crack the Bitcoin code [2]. Dan found 9 potential weaknesses in the Bitcoin code, tried to make use of them but failed in every way doing so. The Bitcoin network responded to Dan’s attacks and kind of mocked him with the words “attack removed” [2]. 

The Bitcoin code seems to be superhuman and Quinn can only image two or three persons on this planet that might have the capability to create the Bitcoin protocol [1]. One of them is Dr. Ben Goertzel, AI genius and CEO of SingularityNet [3], a blockchain project that builds a marketplace for AI services. The first android with citizenship status [4], Sophia, created by Hanson Robotics, is part of this project and created SingularityNETs native crypto currency AGI [1]. Since there is no doubt that AIs can build AIs and AIs can build crypto currencies, Quinn speculates that Bitcoin was created by an AI, too [1]. Since AIs are made by man in the first place, the manufacturing programmers motives have to be questioned: Why was Bitcoin created and why could it not be built by a human?

We are in the middle of the digital revolution that started with mass adoption of PCs and the internet and is now going into the next phase with mass adoption of AI and blockchain technologies. As Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin said in 2017: “Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind. It comes with colossal opportunities, but also threats that are difficult to predict. Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.” [5]. AIs have an increasing share in the development of humankind. Their smartness surpasses human capabilities in certain fields (logical calculations, chess, computer games) already and it is likely that only an AI can create a tool that guarantees the success of the digital revolution. 

Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency being created sucessfully and is the most advanced at the same time as many blockchain experts say. People support its network and extend its capabilities by software and hardware without being forced to do so. A computing/hashing power surpassing that of the best 500 supercomputers together already in 2013 [6] and a power consumption of ca. 0.25 % (2018/03) of the world [7] are only some of the success indicators for this open source project. Could a human have gained so much support worldwide without any force? It is likely that no such thing has happened before in human history.

The things said  might answer the second part of the question above but what about the first? Why was Bitcoin created?
Bitcoin was created in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008. It might be that the true elites made this decision to have another option for ending the recent financial system which was established shortly before World War I [8]. The recent global financial system will come to and end as any fiat-based system has done before. There are very fast and catastrophic as well as slow and smooth ways this can happen. Considering the manner of Bitcoin’s implementation and assuming the motives described are correct, a smooth transition to a more decentralized global financial system is possible. The words decentralization, robotics, 5G, Internet of Things, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and blockchain can be found in many strategy papers worldwide. Most big players agree that these technologies are important in the future. And the most important seems to be AI as Vladimir Putin says [5] and AGI (artificial general intelligence) as Ben Goertzel believes [9].

Addendum: 
The words of Twitter’s and Square’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, seems to believe that Bitcoin will substitute the recent financial system within one decade: “The world ultimately will have a single currency, the Internet will have a single currency. I personally believe that it will be Bitcoin.” [10]. As transaction fees are below US$ 1 [11] thanks to Segwit [12] already and off-chain solutions like lightning are likely being implemented within 2018 [13, 14], it will probably happen faster.
The technology is ready for this soon and the only thing missing is trust and legal security. When governments implement the right laws, which clarify the legal status of cryptocurrencies, mass adoption by individuals, corporates, institutions and states can begin. Completely new possibilities for AIs and AGIs to influence our world emerge by this process. The cycle closes since “whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world” [5].

References:
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSn7Iomisyc
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK2jkkB2yyc)
[3] https://singularitynet.io/
[4] https://futurism.com/for-the-first-time-ever-a-robot-was-granted-citizenship/
[5] https://www.rt.com/news/401731-ai-rule-world-putin/
[6] https://www.coindesk.com/Bitcoin-network-out-muscles-top-500-supercomputers/
[7] https://digiconomist.net/Bitcoin-energy-consumption
[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_financial_system#Birth_of_the_U.S._Federal_Reserve_System:_1913
[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO585B1s0l4
[10] https://cointelegraph.com/news/twitter-ceo-says-Bitcoin-will-become-worlds-single-currency-within-a-decad
[11] https://Bitcoinfees.info/
[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegWit
[13] https://cointelegraph.com/news/first-Bitcoin-mainnet-lightning-network-product-launches-as-developers-net-25-mln
[14] https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-payment-industry-is-about-to-be-struck-by-lightning-expert-take