A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach for Sustainable AI-Driven Entrepreneurship in Resilient Economies
2026-03-09 • Artificial Intelligence
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The authors created a new method called EcoAI-Resilience to help use artificial intelligence (AI) in ways that are good for the environment, economy, and energy use all at once. They tested this method using data from many countries and industries and found it works better than other common approaches. Their model suggests using only renewable energy for AI, improving efficiency by 80%, and investing about $202 per person to get the best results. They also found strong links between how complex economies are and how resilient they become, as well as between using renewable energy and sustainability. Over time, countries are getting better at using AI and adopting renewable energy.
Artificial IntelligenceSustainabilityEconomic ResilienceRenewable EnergyMulti-objective OptimizationEnergy EfficiencyEconomic ComplexityAI ReadinessEnvironmental CostInvestment Strategies
Authors
Anas ALsobeh, Raneem Alkurdi
Abstract
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges for sustainable economic development. While AI offers transformative potential for addressing environmental challenges and enhancing economic resilience, its deployment often involves substantial energy consumption and environmental costs. This research introduces the EcoAI-Resilience framework, a multi-objective optimization approach designed to maximize the sustainability benefits of AI deployment while minimizing environmental costs and enhancing economic resilience. The framework addresses three critical objectives through mathematical optimization: sustainability impact maximization, economic resilience enhancement, and environmental cost minimization. The methodology integrates diverse data sources, including energy consumption metrics, sustainability indicators, economic performance data, and entrepreneurship outcomes across 53 countries and 14 sectors from 2015-2024. Our experimental validation demonstrates exceptional performance with R scores exceeding 0.99 across all model components, significantly outperforming baseline methods, including Linear Regression (R = 0.943), Random Forest (R = 0.957), and Gradient Boosting (R = 0.989). The framework successfully identifies optimal AI deployment strategies featuring 100\% renewable energy integration, 80% efficiency improvement targets, and optimal investment levels of $202.48 per capita. Key findings reveal strong correlations between economic complexity and resilience (r = 0.82), renewable energy adoption and sustainability outcomes (r = 0.71), and demonstrate significant temporal improvements in AI readiness (+1.12 points/year) and renewable energy adoption (+0.67 year) globally.