amazon expedition magazine
Published March 4, 2025 | Version Portuguese
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Amazon Expedition Magazine 4th Edition 2025

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  • 1. Centro Universitário Luterano de Manaus - CEULM/ULBRA
  • 2. Secretaria de Educação e Desporto do Estado do Amazonas
  • 3. ROR icon Universidade do Estado do Amazonas
  • 4. SEDUC-AM
  • 5. Centro Universitário Luterano de Manaus
  • 6. ROR icon Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • 7. ROR icon Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
  • 8. Centro de Fomação Padre Jose Anchieta - CEPAN
  • 9. ROR icon Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • 10. Universidade Paulista - Campus Manaus
  • 11. Secretaria de Estado de Educação e Qualidade de Ensino - SEDUC
  • 12. ROR icon Centro Universitário do Norte
  • 13. Secretaria de Estado de Educação e Qualidade de Ensino - SEDUC: Manaus, AM, BR
  • 14. SEDUCAM
  • 15. ROR icon National Institute of Amazonian Research
  • 16. Editor
  • 17. RESEARCHER
  • 18. CEULM-ULBRA
  • 19. ROR icon Universidade Federal do Amazonas
  • 20. UFAM
  • 21. RESEARCHERD
  • 22. Defesa Civil - AM, Brasil
  • 23. ALEAM
  • 24. Université de Genève (Faculté Sciences)
  • 25. CEULM-ULBRA (Manaus, Brasil)

Description

Era of Sapiens: The Anthropocene and Artificial Intelligence

Have we reached the Anthropocene or not? The group in favor (Anthropocene Working Group – AWG), with research carried out at Lake Crawford (Toronto-Canada), has been collecting data since the 1950s, such as particulate materials in the lake's water profile, and highlights the thesis that the global geoscience scenario clearly reveals changes in environmental geology, highlighting the participation and influence of human beings. However, there is also the opposite group, which argues that we remain in the Holocene. These studies support that climate fluctuations and increases in CO2 levels in the atmosphere are natural characteristics, typical of cycles that occur in previous geological periods, such as the Pleistocene.  

Humanity goes through three important revolutions throughout its existence. According to Yuval Noah Harari (in Sapiens – A Brief History of Humanity), the first occurred 70 thousand years ago, and is the Cognitive Revolution, the second is 12 thousand years ago, is the Agricultural Revolution; and the third 500 years ago is the Scientific Revolution. Based on this statement, it is possible that the two previous Anthropocene hypotheses are viable, as they fall within this 500-year period.

However, most scientific studies are financed with the aim of achieving some political, economic, social or even religious interest. The question arises: “What is more important?” and “What is good for humanity?”

So, modern science, coming from the Scientific Revolution, in humans' constant search for something more, evolves into the most elaborate algorithms with Artificial Intelligence (AI). When we talk about AI, we have the idea of a super-powerful information entity; however, this algorithm is composed of several other algorithms, all developed by human beings grouped in a digital environment and available to offer rapid problem solving. The big issue in all this is that other algorithms interfere in the processing of information, giving the impression of “human subjectivity”, aligning the answer to the required question. Currently, it is the Sapiens' greatest success and fear: what if she really learns such “human subjectivity” .
In this edition, we will address these topics, in addition to basic research in the Central Amazon and COP-30 (Belém-Brazil).
                                              Chief Editor

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