Inglês · CESPE / CEBRASPE · 2023 | Questão sqc-ce165736

InglêsInterpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Código: ce165736
Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão: CNMP
Ano: 2023
Nível: Superior

Text CB2A2

Anyone who has interacted with superbot ChatGPT or image generator DALL-E might be wondering what the future of artificial intelligence (AI) holds for humanity.

ChatGPT is an AI program that generates text in a very human-like manner when asked questions. Just ask DALL-E or similar programs to create a picture of a French bulldog driving a pink convertible and voila: you’ll see several versions in seconds.

Science fiction in the mid-20th century created good-natured AI such as the computer on Star Trek helping the Enterprise crew, as well as its evil twin set on destroying its creators like HAL in Arthur C. Clarke’s famous book (or Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film adaptation) 2001: A Space Odyssey. In 2023, however, we’re surrounded by AI that’s far more mundane than those examples. The virtual assistant in your smartphone, the airline chatbot and the robot vacuum cleaning your floors don’t seem to have any aspirations to rise above humanity and have been designed to help us.

We should be prepared for bigger things to come than games, better chatbots or photo generators. Connectivity is key: think of AI as a general-purpose innovation like electricity that powers and connects other technologies, including sensors, robots, genomic devices and 3D printers. AI’s use will only intensify and accelerate as faster computing technology is developed, along with greater sensors capturing data, often called the Internet of Things (IoT). In the future, AI will be interwoven in virtually every aspect of commercial and personal activities.

Peter Marber. Artificial Intelligence: Why Should We Care?. Internet: (adapted).

Considering the linguistic and semantic aspects of text CB2A2, judge the following item.In the second sentence of the last paragraph, if the phrase “Connectivity is key” were rewritten as “The key to connectivity is”, there would be no difference in the meaning of the sentence.

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Interpretação de texto — Mudança de sentido por reescrita

Gabarito: ❌ ERRADO. A reescrita de “Connectivity is key” para “The key to connectivity is” altera o significado da frase. Na original, “connectivity” é o sujeito e “key” é o predicativo, indicando que a conectividade é essencial. Na versão reescrita, “the key to connectivity” passa a ser o sujeito, e a oração fica incompleta, sugerindo que existe uma chave para a conectividade (que não é explicitada), o que muda completamente o sentido.

O trecho original, no último parágrafo, diz: “Connectivity is key: think of AI as a general-purpose innovation like electricity that powers and connects other technologies”. A expressão “Connectivity is key” significa “Conectividade é fundamental”. Já a reescrita “The key to connectivity is” exige um complemento (ex.: “the key to connectivity is speed”) e não transmite a mesma ideia de que a conectividade é o elemento central. Portanto, há diferença de significado.

NÃO CAIA NESSA!

O candidato pode achar que a simples troca de posição das palavras mantém o sentido, mas a mudança altera a função sintática dos termos: na original, “connectivity” é sujeito; na reescrita, “the key” é sujeito e “connectivity” passa a ser complemento de “to”. Isso gera uma oração incompleta e um significado diverso.

❌ ERRADO.

Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension — CESPE / CEBRASPE 2023

Interpretação de texto — Mudança de sentido por reescrita