Challenges and Benefits of Combining AI with Blockchain for Sustainable Environment
Ebenezer Leke Odekanle, Bamidele Sunday Fakinle, Olayomi Abiodun Falowo, Oludare Johnson Odejobi · 2022
Since the emergence of Fourth Industrial Revolution, the concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain had continued to receive growing applications. The technologies are prevalent in scientific domains and diverse research sectors such as agriculture, engineering, medical science, smart manufacturing and industries. The spread rate of the application of the technologies for innovation across all sectors had been phenomenal. On the other hand, quality of life has a direct link with continuous improvement in the quality of our environment – which can be achieved by deployment of advanced technology-based intelligent and control systems such as AI and blockchain. While AI and blockchain possess individual capabilities and potential contributions to environmental sustainability, the combining effects of the applications of both technologies to environmental sustainability domain could ensure robust deliverables and create numerous possibilities. This chapter therefore explores the benefits of the alliance of AI and blockchain in environmental sustainability as it relates to renewable energy and pollution prevention and presents some barriers to the efficacy of the synergy of the two technologies. Some solutions, where possible, are proposed to the challenges in order to harness the maximum benefit from alliance of the technologies as a positive force for sustainable environment.