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According to the text, we can infer that
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In the sentence "you should also reduce the amount of time
you and your family spend sitting down" (/. 27-29), the
words "you should reduce" is equivalent in meaning to
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The pairs of words or expressions in the text that have
opposite ideas are:
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The pronouns "we". "our", "ourselves", and "us" in the first
paragraph referto
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According to the information in the first paragraph,
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the text is about
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Text 1: Boy in London died after being stabbed multiple times.
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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Text 1: Boy in London died after being stabbed multiple times.
How did the boy die?
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Text 1: Boy in London died after being stabbed multiple times.
What is the authortrying to do in the text?
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Text 1: Boy in London died after being stabbed multiple times.
What kind of text is this?
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Q1287873
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About seven years ago, three researchers at the University of Toronto built a system that could
analyze thousands of photos and teach itself to recognize everyday objects, like dogs, cars and flowers.
The system was so effective that Google bought the tiny start-up these researchers were only just
getting off the ground. And soon, their system sparked a technological revolution. Suddenly, machines
could “see” in a way that was not possible in the past.
This made it easier for a smartphone app to search your personal photos and find the images you were
looking for. It accelerated the progress of driverless cars and other robotics. And it improved the
accuracy of facial recognition services, for social networks like Facebook and for the country's law
enforcement agencies. But soon, researchers noticed that these facial recognition services were less
accurate when used with women and people of color. Activists raised concerns over how companies
were collecting the huge amounts of data needed to train these kinds of systems. Others worried these
systems would eventually lead to mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
Fonte: Matz, Cade. Seeking Ground Rules for A. I. www.nytimes.com, 01/03/2019. Adaptado.
Acessado em Agosto/2019.)
Analise as afirmações de I a IV em destaque.
I. Ativistas manifestaram preocupação em relação à forma como as empresas estavam coletando enormes quantidades de dados para treinar sistemas de reconhecimento. II. A Universidade de Toronto construiu um sistema ético de Inteligência Artificial para reconhecimento de imagens. III. Uma das preocupações de ativistas era a possibilidade de tais sistemas conduzirem a vigilância em massa ou armamento autônomo. IV. Empresas privadas de tecnologia, como Google, e redes digitais, como Facebook, junto com algumas agências governamentais, chegaram a um consenso quanto a uma ética da Inteligência Artificial. V. Algumas leis foram desenvolvidas por alguns grupos específicos de pessoas para decidir sobre o futuro da Inteligência Artificial.
De acordo com o texto, estão corretas apenas:
I. Ativistas manifestaram preocupação em relação à forma como as empresas estavam coletando enormes quantidades de dados para treinar sistemas de reconhecimento. II. A Universidade de Toronto construiu um sistema ético de Inteligência Artificial para reconhecimento de imagens. III. Uma das preocupações de ativistas era a possibilidade de tais sistemas conduzirem a vigilância em massa ou armamento autônomo. IV. Empresas privadas de tecnologia, como Google, e redes digitais, como Facebook, junto com algumas agências governamentais, chegaram a um consenso quanto a uma ética da Inteligência Artificial. V. Algumas leis foram desenvolvidas por alguns grupos específicos de pessoas para decidir sobre o futuro da Inteligência Artificial.
De acordo com o texto, estão corretas apenas:
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Q1287872
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About seven years ago, three researchers at the University of Toronto built a system that could
analyze thousands of photos and teach itself to recognize everyday objects, like dogs, cars and flowers.
The system was so effective that Google bought the tiny start-up these researchers were only just
getting off the ground. And soon, their system sparked a technological revolution. Suddenly, machines
could “see” in a way that was not possible in the past.
This made it easier for a smartphone app to search your personal photos and find the images you were
looking for. It accelerated the progress of driverless cars and other robotics. And it improved the
accuracy of facial recognition services, for social networks like Facebook and for the country's law
enforcement agencies. But soon, researchers noticed that these facial recognition services were less
accurate when used with women and people of color. Activists raised concerns over how companies
were collecting the huge amounts of data needed to train these kinds of systems. Others worried these
systems would eventually lead to mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
Fonte: Matz, Cade. Seeking Ground Rules for A. I. www.nytimes.com, 01/03/2019. Adaptado.
Acessado em Agosto/2019.)
De acordo com as informações do texto, selecione a alternativa que melhor complete a
afirmação: The new system proved to be less precise when
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“Of course they're fake videos, everyone can see they're not real. All the same, they really did say
those things, didn't they?” These are the words of Vivienne Rook, the fictional politician played by
Emma Thompson in the brilliant dystopian BBC TV drama Years and Years. The episode in question,
set in 2027, tackles the subject of “deepfakes” - videos in which a living person's face and voice are
digitally manipulated to say anything the programmer wants.
Rook perfectly sums up the problem with these videos - even if you know they are fake, they leave a
lingering impression. And her words are all the more compelling because deepfakes are real and among
us already. Last year, several deepfake porn videos emerged online, appearing to show celebrities such
as Emma Watson, Gal Gadot and Taylor Swift in explicit situations.
[...]
In some cases, the deepfakes are almost indistinguishable from the real thing - which is particularly
worrying for politicians and other people in the public eye. Videos that may initially have been created
for laughs could easily be misinterpreted by viewers. Earlier this year, for example, a digitally altered
video appeared to show Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, slurring
drunkenly through a speech. The video was widely shared on Facebook and YouTube, before being
tweeted by President Donald Trump with the caption: “PELOSI STAMMERS THROUGH NEWS
CONFERENCE”. The video was debunked, but not before it had been viewed millions of times.
Trump has still not deleted the tweet, which has been retweeted over 30,000 times.
The current approach of social media companies is to filter out and reduce the distribution of deepfake
videos, rather than outright removing them - unless they are pornographic. This can result in victims
suffering severe reputational damage, not to mention ongoing humiliation and ridicule from viewers.
“Deepfakes are one of the most alarming trends I have witnessed as a Congresswoman to date,” said
US Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in a recent article for Quartz. “If the American public can be made
to believe and trust altered videos of presidential candidates, our democracy is in grave danger. We
need to work together to stop deepfakes from becoming the defining feature of the 2020 elections.”
Of course, it's not just democracy that is at risk, but also the economy, the legal system and even
individuals themselves. Clarke warns that, if deepfake technology continues to evolve without a check,
video evidence could lose its credibility during trials. It is not hard to imagine it being used by
disgruntled ex-lovers, employees and random people on the internet to exact revenge and ruin people's
reputations. The software for creating these videos is already widely available.
Fonte: Curtis, Sophie. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/deepfake-videos-creepy-new-internet-18289900.
Adaptado. Acessado em Agosto/2019.
De acordo com a congressista Yvette Clarke, pelos diversos riscos representados pelos
vídeos deepfake, é necessário
Ano: 2019
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Q1287869
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A questão refere -se ao tex to destacado:
“Of course they're fake videos, everyone can see they're not real. All the same, they really did say
those things, didn't they?” These are the words of Vivienne Rook, the fictional politician played by
Emma Thompson in the brilliant dystopian BBC TV drama Years and Years. The episode in question,
set in 2027, tackles the subject of “deepfakes” - videos in which a living person's face and voice are
digitally manipulated to say anything the programmer wants.
Rook perfectly sums up the problem with these videos - even if you know they are fake, they leave a
lingering impression. And her words are all the more compelling because deepfakes are real and among
us already. Last year, several deepfake porn videos emerged online, appearing to show celebrities such
as Emma Watson, Gal Gadot and Taylor Swift in explicit situations.
[...]
In some cases, the deepfakes are almost indistinguishable from the real thing - which is particularly
worrying for politicians and other people in the public eye. Videos that may initially have been created
for laughs could easily be misinterpreted by viewers. Earlier this year, for example, a digitally altered
video appeared to show Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, slurring
drunkenly through a speech. The video was widely shared on Facebook and YouTube, before being
tweeted by President Donald Trump with the caption: “PELOSI STAMMERS THROUGH NEWS
CONFERENCE”. The video was debunked, but not before it had been viewed millions of times.
Trump has still not deleted the tweet, which has been retweeted over 30,000 times.
The current approach of social media companies is to filter out and reduce the distribution of deepfake
videos, rather than outright removing them - unless they are pornographic. This can result in victims
suffering severe reputational damage, not to mention ongoing humiliation and ridicule from viewers.
“Deepfakes are one of the most alarming trends I have witnessed as a Congresswoman to date,” said
US Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in a recent article for Quartz. “If the American public can be made
to believe and trust altered videos of presidential candidates, our democracy is in grave danger. We
need to work together to stop deepfakes from becoming the defining feature of the 2020 elections.”
Of course, it's not just democracy that is at risk, but also the economy, the legal system and even
individuals themselves. Clarke warns that, if deepfake technology continues to evolve without a check,
video evidence could lose its credibility during trials. It is not hard to imagine it being used by
disgruntled ex-lovers, employees and random people on the internet to exact revenge and ruin people's
reputations. The software for creating these videos is already widely available.
Fonte: Curtis, Sophie. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/deepfake-videos-creepy-new-internet-18289900.
Adaptado. Acessado em Agosto/2019.
De acordo com o texto, é correto afirmar que
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A questão refere-se ao texto destacado a seguir.
If there is any doubt about the persistent power of literature in the face of digital culture, it should be
banished by the recent climb of George Orwell's 1984 up the Amazon “Movers and Shakers” list.
There is much that's resonant for us in Orwell's dystopia in the face of Edward Snowden's revelations
about the NSA [...]. We look to 1984 as a clear cautionary tale, even a prophecy, of systematic abuse
of power taken to the end of the line. [...]
However, after “THE END” of his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell includes another chapter, an
appendix, called “The Principles of Newspeak.” Since it has the trappings of a tedious scholarly
treatise, readers often skip the appendix. But it changes our whole understanding of the novel. Written
from some unspecified point in the future, it suggests that Big Brother was eventually defeated. The
victory is attributed not to individual rebels or to The Brotherhood, an anonymous resistance group,
but rather to language itself. The appendix details Oceania's attempt to replace Oldspeak, or English,
with Newspeak, a linguistic shorthand that reduces the world of ideas to a set of simple, stark words.
“The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought.” It will render dissent “literally
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
Fonte: Frost, Laura. http://qz.com/95696. Adaptado. Acesso em agosto de 2019.
De acordo com o texto, é incorreto afirmar que
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A questão refere-se ao texto destacado a seguir.
If there is any doubt about the persistent power of literature in the face of digital culture, it should be
banished by the recent climb of George Orwell's 1984 up the Amazon “Movers and Shakers” list.
There is much that's resonant for us in Orwell's dystopia in the face of Edward Snowden's revelations
about the NSA [...]. We look to 1984 as a clear cautionary tale, even a prophecy, of systematic abuse
of power taken to the end of the line. [...]
However, after “THE END” of his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell includes another chapter, an
appendix, called “The Principles of Newspeak.” Since it has the trappings of a tedious scholarly
treatise, readers often skip the appendix. But it changes our whole understanding of the novel. Written
from some unspecified point in the future, it suggests that Big Brother was eventually defeated. The
victory is attributed not to individual rebels or to The Brotherhood, an anonymous resistance group,
but rather to language itself. The appendix details Oceania's attempt to replace Oldspeak, or English,
with Newspeak, a linguistic shorthand that reduces the world of ideas to a set of simple, stark words.
“The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought.” It will render dissent “literally
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
Fonte: Frost, Laura. http://qz.com/95696. Adaptado. Acesso em agosto de 2019.
No trecho “but rather, to language itself”, o termo rather pode ser substituído, sem
alteração de sentido, por
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A questão refere-se ao texto destacado a seguir.
If there is any doubt about the persistent power of literature in the face of digital culture, it should be
banished by the recent climb of George Orwell's 1984 up the Amazon “Movers and Shakers” list.
There is much that's resonant for us in Orwell's dystopia in the face of Edward Snowden's revelations
about the NSA [...]. We look to 1984 as a clear cautionary tale, even a prophecy, of systematic abuse
of power taken to the end of the line. [...]
However, after “THE END” of his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell includes another chapter, an
appendix, called “The Principles of Newspeak.” Since it has the trappings of a tedious scholarly
treatise, readers often skip the appendix. But it changes our whole understanding of the novel. Written
from some unspecified point in the future, it suggests that Big Brother was eventually defeated. The
victory is attributed not to individual rebels or to The Brotherhood, an anonymous resistance group,
but rather to language itself. The appendix details Oceania's attempt to replace Oldspeak, or English,
with Newspeak, a linguistic shorthand that reduces the world of ideas to a set of simple, stark words.
“The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought.” It will render dissent “literally
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
Fonte: Frost, Laura. http://qz.com/95696. Adaptado. Acesso em agosto de 2019.
De acordo com o texto, em geral, os leitores do clássico 1984, de George Orwell, dispensam
a leitura do apêndice da obra porque
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Q1287864
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A questão refere-se ao texto destacado a seguir.
Experts warn that “the substitution of machinery for human labour” may “render the population
redundant”. They worry that “the discovery of this mighty power” has come “before we knew how to
employ it rightly”. Such fears are expressed today by those who worry that advances in artificial
intelligence (AI) could destroy millions of jobs and pose a “Terminator”-style threat to humanity. But
these are in fact the words of commentators discussing mechanisation and steam power two centuries
ago. Back then the controversy over the dangers posed by machines was known as the “machinery
question”. Now a very similar debate is under way.
After many false dawns, AI has made extraordinary progress in the past few years, thanks to
a versatile technique called “deep learning”. Given enough data, large (or “deep”) neural networks,
modelled on the brain's architecture, can be trained to do all kinds of things. They power Google's
search engine, Facebook's automatic photo tagging, Apple's voice assistant, Amazon's shopping
recommendations and Tesla's self-driving cars. But this rapid progress has also led to concerns about
safety and job losses. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and others wonder whether AI could get out of
control, precipitating a sci-fi conflict between people and machines. Others worry that AI will cause
widespread unemployment, by automating cognitive tasks that could previously be done only by
people. After 200 years, the machinery question is back. It needs to be answered.
Fonte: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2016/06/25/march-of-the-machines. Adaptado. Acesso em
agosto de 2019.
Leia as afirmações a seguir para responder à questão.
I. Redes neurais alimentam o mecanismo de busca do Google, o assistente de voz da Apple, a identificação de fotografias no Facebook, as sugestões de compras da Amazon, os carros autônomos da Tesla. II. O temor de que as máquinas substituiriam o trabalho humano era real há duzentos anos, mas superado na atualidade. III. Steven Hawkings e Elon Musk especulam se a I.A. pode sair do controle, levando pessoas e máquinas a um conflito somente visto em obras de ficção científica. IV. Duzentos anos atrás, a controvérsia sobre os perigos impostos pelas máquinas era conhecida como “a questão das máquinas”.
De acordo com as informações do texto, estão corretas as afirmações
I. Redes neurais alimentam o mecanismo de busca do Google, o assistente de voz da Apple, a identificação de fotografias no Facebook, as sugestões de compras da Amazon, os carros autônomos da Tesla. II. O temor de que as máquinas substituiriam o trabalho humano era real há duzentos anos, mas superado na atualidade. III. Steven Hawkings e Elon Musk especulam se a I.A. pode sair do controle, levando pessoas e máquinas a um conflito somente visto em obras de ficção científica. IV. Duzentos anos atrás, a controvérsia sobre os perigos impostos pelas máquinas era conhecida como “a questão das máquinas”.
De acordo com as informações do texto, estão corretas as afirmações
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Q1175355
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Reasons why the Airbus A380 failed
On 14 February 2019, Airbus announced their A380s have been cancelled, with production ending in 2021. After 12 years of shaky business and development, its closure didn’t come as a surprise. The dream is over for the world’ largest passenger airliner. Why was the king of the airliners forced to land so quikly? Here’s what happened:
- poor business planing finds itself at the heart of the A380’s downfall. Most of all A380’ eggs were put in a basket called Emirates, Airbus biggest buyer.
- bigger isn’t always better. With a wingspan of almost 80 meters was difficult to guide the giant four-turbine around airports.
- airbus failed to antecipate how consumer’s tastes in air travel would change over the years. Passengers nowadays prefer smaller airports, using direct routes to their destinations.
- although a seating capacity of 800 may seem impressive at first, it is not easy to fill them up, even when you give discounts and make promotions.
Airbus A380’ closure perhaps teaches us all a lesson or two. Dream big, but keep your feet on the ground.
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In”...Most of all the A380’s eggs were put in a basket called
Emirates(...)”, we can infer that Airbus ______________.
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Read the text and answer question.
Reasons why the Airbus A380 failed
On 14 February 2019, Airbus announced their A380s have been cancelled, with production ending in 2021. After 12 years of shaky business and development, its closure didn’t come as a surprise. The dream is over for the world’ largest passenger airliner. Why was the king of the airliners forced to land so quikly? Here’s what happened:
- poor business planing finds itself at the heart of the A380’s downfall. Most of all A380’ eggs were put in a basket called Emirates, Airbus biggest buyer.
- bigger isn’t always better. With a wingspan of almost 80 meters was difficult to guide the giant four-turbine around airports.
- airbus failed to antecipate how consumer’s tastes in air travel would change over the years. Passengers nowadays prefer smaller airports, using direct routes to their destinations.
- although a seating capacity of 800 may seem impressive at first, it is not easy to fill them up, even when you give discounts and make promotions.
Airbus A380’ closure perhaps teaches us all a lesson or two. Dream big, but keep your feet on the ground.
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According to the text, choose the alternative that best complete the sentence.
Airbus A380 _________________.
Conheça nossos planos