Questões de Inglês - Vocabulary - Idiomatic expressions
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Some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers are calling for a pause on research into AI, claiming that safety issues must first be urgently addressed. If not, the outcomes could be devastating for humanity. Others say any pause in development would not only be impractical to enforce on a global scale, but could also stand in the way of advances that could both improve and save lives.
The AI that is currently available already has the power to radically alter society, in new ways that we are seeing every day. So how might it progress over the coming years? Are we on the brink of an artificial intelligence-powered utopia or dystopia?
Firstly, technology has been automating jobs since the Industrial Revolution, though never before has it happened on this scale. Everyone from truck drivers to voice over artists are at risk of being replaced by AI. A recent study found that just over 30 jobs are considered safe from automation in the near future. They range from mechanics to athletes, though they represent just a sliver of the current labour market. While new jobs will be created, there is a significant chance that the majority of the population will be left jobless. This could either lead to:
Utopia: A new leisure class emerges, living off a universal basic income funded by taxes on robots and the companies that operate them.
Dystopia: Mass unemployment results in social unrest, similar to the way laid off factory workers trashed the machines that replaced them. With so many jobs at risk and the potential for huge wealth inequality, some fear it could ultimately result in societal collapse.
Secondly, artificial intelligence is already contributing to major scientific advances, dramatically accelerating the time it takes to make discoveries. It has been used to invent millions of materials that did not previously exist, find potential drug molecules 1,000 times faster than previous methods, and improve our understanding of the universe. This could either lead to:
Utopia: Cancer and all other life-threatening diseases are cured, leading to a new age of health and prosperity. Scientists are already using AI tools to make breakthroughs in longevity medicine, which aims to end or even reverse ageing.
Dystopia: The same AI-enabled technology could be used for malevolent purposes, creating entirely new diseases and viruses. These could be used as bioweapons, capable of devastating populations that don’t have access to cures or the tech needed to develop them.
(Anthony Cuthbertson. www.independent.co.uk, 03.05.2023. Adaptado.)
No contexto apresentado pelo texto, a frase que indica uma situação hipotética é:
Match the words according to their synonyms:
1 – strong ( ) clever
2 – hungry ( ) powerful
3 – gorgeous ( ) beautiful
4 – intelligent ( ) starving
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(www.publichealth.hscni, 20.01.2017.)
In the excerpt “you can help to support them”, the underlined word can be replaced, without meaning change, by
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Why does cultural diversity matter?
Three-quarters of the world's major conflicis have a cultural dimension. Bridging the gap between cultures is urgent and necessary for peace, stability and development.
Cultural diversity is a driving force of development, not only with respect to economic growth, but also as a means of leading a more fulfilling intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual life. Cultural diversity is thus an asset that is indispensable for poverty reduction and the achievement of sustainable development.
At the same time, acceptance and recognition of cultural diversity — in particular through innovative use of media and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) — are conducive to dialogue among civilizations and cultures, respect and mutual understanding.
(www.un.org. Adaptado.)
No trecho do primeiro parágrafo “Bridging the gap between cultures is urgent”, a expressão sublinhada indica
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People ‘Never Smiled In Old Photos’ For Some Very Bizarre Reasons
If you’ve ever looked at an old photo, perhaps you ____________ that nobody ever seems to be smiling in them.
Did you ever wonder why that is?
Times were hard back in the day and there wasn’t much to smile about.
Money was tight, the world was a blackened and polluted mess and stood on the brink of global conflict.
OK, so maybe it wasn’t that different to now after all, but that _______________ today’s modern photo subjects from baring their
teeth in a grin regardless.
First off, people were scared of photographs. It was a new technology that people ________ really ___________, and probably could have seemed a bit like a trip to the dentist.
Furthermore, beauty standards were different back then. Having a small mouth was actually a desirable thing – which brings us onto another problem – dental hygiene wasn’t quite what it is today.
Another thing you’d want to avoid was looking like you had some sort of mental illness.
Having a wide smile was construed as a symptom of ‘madness’ back in the day, whereas standing still and emotionless wasn’t at all weird.
Lastly, there’s the simple operational reason that photographs just took ages to take back in the olden days.
From front to back, taking a picture on an old camera could have taken up to 15 minutes, meaning that holding the one facial position rather than your resting face would probably end up getting a bit painful and tedious after a bit.
(Available in: https://www.ladbible.com/community/psychology-expert-breaks-down-reasons-why-people-fall-for-conspiricies-20220320.)
Mark the alternative that can substitute the underlined and in bold type word without changing the meaning of the sentence.
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