The article is based on Cite Space software for bibliometric analysis of the impact of artificial intelligence on economic development. Literature information comes from CNKI Knowledge Network database, identifying the hotspots and characteristics of the research related to artificial intelligence and economic development from the perspective of the number of articles issued, core authors, keywords, etc., and comprehensively analyzing 3,340 pieces of literature during the period from 2013 to 2023. The study shows that the number of published articles on the research on the impact of artificial intelligence on economic development increases year by year, and by 2021, the number of published articles is more than 600. Most authors publish related articles in the range of 3-7 articles, and there are fewer collaborations between authors. There are 16 keywords that appear more than 30 times in the field of the impact of AI on the economy between 2013~2023, which is statistically accounted for the total of 15.41%. The keyword clustering is divided into 7 cluster classes, and the clustering module Q=0.781, S=0.877, which has a high feasibility degree. The keyword with the highest intensity of emergence (3.91) in the field of research on the impact of artificial intelligence on economic development after 2018 is “research and development applications”.