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Questão de Inglês — Verbos modais | Modal verbs — FGV 2024

InglêsVerbos modais | Modal verbs
Código
fg102450
Banca
FGV
Órgão
DATAPREV
Ano
2024
Nível
Médio
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans

Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will

By Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie


Digital life is augmenting human capacities and disrupting eons-old human activities. Code-driven systems have spread to more than half of the world’s inhabitants in ambient information and connectivity, offering previously unimagined opportunities and unprecedented threats. As emerging algorithm-driven artificial intelligence (AI) continues to spread, will people be better off than they are today?

The experts predicted networked artificial intelligence will amplify human effectiveness but also threaten human autonomy, agency and capabilities. They spoke of the wide-ranging possibilities; that computers might match or even exceed human intelligence and capabilities on tasks such as complex decision-making, reasoning and learning, sophisticated analytics and pattern recognition, visual acuity, speech recognition and language translation. They said “smart” systems in communities, in vehicles, in buildings and utilities, on farms and in business processes will save time, money and lives and offer opportunities for individuals to enjoy a morecustomized future. 

Many focused their optimistic remarks on health care and the many possible applications of AI in diagnosing and treating patients or helping senior citizens live fuller and healthier lives. They were also enthusiastic about AI’s role in contributing to broad public-health programs built around massive amounts of data that may be captured in the coming years about everything from personal genomes to nutrition. Additionally, a number of these experts predicted that AI would abet long-anticipated changes in formal and informal education systems. 

Yet, most experts, regardless of whether they are optimistic or not, expressed concerns about the long-term impact of these new tools on the essential elements of being human. All respondents in this non-scientific canvassing were asked to elaborate on why they felt AI would leave people better off or not. Many shared deep worries, and many also suggested pathways toward solutions. The main themes they sounded about threats and remedies are outlined in future reports.

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/12/10/artificial-intelligence-and-thefuture-of-humans/
“They spoke of the wide-ranging possibilities; that computers might match or even exceed human intelligence and capabilities on tasks such as complex decision-making, reasoning and learning”.The use of “might” in this excerpt taken form TEXT can be understood as
  1. Aan obligation.
  2. Ban absence of obligation.
  3. Can advice.
  4. Da prohibition.
  5. Ea possibility.
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GabaritoE — a possibility.

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Modal Verb 'Might' – Expressing Possibility

Gabarito: letra E. No excerto, "might" é empregado para indicar uma possibilidade, e não obrigação, ausência de obrigação, conselho ou proibição. O contexto afirma que "computers might match or even exceed human intelligence and capabilities", ou seja, é uma possibilidade futura, não uma certeza ou imposição.

Alternativa A – ❌ Incorreta

"Might" não expressa obrigação. Obrigação é tipicamente expressa por "must", "have to" ou "should".

Alternativa B – ❌ Incorreta

Ausência de obrigação seria expressa por "need not" ou "don't have to". "Might" não indica falta de obrigação.

Alternativa C – ❌ Incorreta

Conselho é geralmente dado com "should" ou "ought to". "Might" pode sugerir uma sugestão leve em alguns contextos, mas aqui não há tom de conselho; é uma especulação.

Alternativa D – ❌ Incorreta

Proibição é expressa por "must not" ou "cannot". "Might" não tem sentido proibitivo.

Alternativa E – ✅ Correta ⟵ GABARITO

"Might" é um modal verb usado para expressar possibilidade, especialmente em situações incertas ou hipotéticas. No texto, os especialistas estão enumerando possibilidades sobre as capacidades futuras dos computadores. Portanto, a única interpretação correta é a de possibilidade.

Gabarito: letra E.

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