⬛ 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.
12. From the information given in the second paragraph of the text, it is correct to assume that the origins of the word “robots” had to do with the slavery system.
Gabarito: ERRADO
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O item exige atenção ao alcance semântico das informações etimológicas apresentadas no segundo parágrafo, evitando extrapolações históricas indevidas.
📝 2️⃣ Análise técnica
O texto afirma que a palavra “robots” deriva do termo tcheco robata, relacionado ao conceito feudal de corvée, isto é, trabalho não remunerado devido a um senhor feudal.
Em nenhum momento o autor menciona slavery (escravidão) nem estabelece equivalência entre corvée e sistemas escravistas. Trata-se de uma forma específica de obrigação laboral feudal, distinta do conceito histórico de escravidão.
🚩 3️⃣ Armadilhas clássicas da UnB
A banca explora a generalização indevida: transformar “unpaid labour” em “slavery system”. A inferência extrapola o texto e altera o enquadramento histórico apresentado.
🧠 4️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Robata relaciona-se a trabalho feudal obrigatório.
✔ Corvée ≠ escravidão.
✔ O item extrapola o dado etimológico.
🔎 Item ERRADO.