⬛ TEXTO
The idea that we might one day be able to construct some artefact which has a mind in the same sense that we have minds is not a new one. It has featured in entertaining and frightening fictions since Mary Shelley first conceived of Frankenstein’s monster.
In the classic science fiction of the early to mid-twentieth century, this idea was generally cashed out in terms of ‘mechanical men’ or robots – from the Czech word robata, which translates roughly as the feudal term corvée, a term which refers to the unpaid labour provided to one’s liege lord.
In more modern fiction, the idea of a mechanical mind has given way to the now commonplace notion of a computational artificial intelligence. The possibility of actually developing artificial intelligence, however, is not just a question of sufficiently advanced technology. It is rather a philosophical question.
🔗 Texto adaptado de: Matt Carter. Minds and Computers: an introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
9. The first sentence of the first paragraph would still keep both its original meaning and its grammar correctness if the word “might” were replaced with can.
Gabarito: ERRADO
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O item exige atenção ao valor semântico do modal verb empregado na frase e à diferença entre possibilidade hipotética e capacidade factual.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica
O modal might expressa possibilidade incerta e hipotética, adequada ao tom especulativo do texto (“we might one day be able to construct…”).
A substituição por can altera o sentido, pois can indica capacidade ou possibilidade factual, sugerindo algo já viável ou concretamente possível.
Embora a frase permaneça gramaticalmente correta, o significado original não é preservado, violando uma das condições do item.
🚩 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da UnB
A UnB explora a ideia de que “se continua gramatical, então continua igual”. Aqui, a banca testa a diferença entre correção gramatical e equivalência semântica.
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Might = possibilidade hipotética.
✔ Can = capacidade ou possibilidade factual.
✔ A troca mantém a gramática, mas altera o sentido.
🔎 Item ERRADO.