Questão 5 - UFMS PSV 2026

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AI Dependence: Are We Losing Our Ability to Think?

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stopped being just a technological promise to become part of the daily lives of millions of people. Tools like chatbots and generative systems started to produce texts, images and even decisions that previously depended exclusively on human intellect. If, on the one hand, this transformation awakens fascination, on the other hand, it raises a growing concern: to what extent are we becoming dependent on AI to the point of compromising our own ability to think?

Human beings’ greatest characteristics have always been their capacity for reasoning and creativity. However, recent studies warn that the excessive and passive use of AI may be weakening precisely these abilities. A study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in 2025, showed that students who used AI systems intensively had lower brain activity on memory and critical analysis tasks, when compared to groups who did not use the technology (INFO VERUS, 2025).

This risk manifests itself clearly in education: young people turn to AI to solve exercises, write essays or interpret texts, but they often don’t understand the generated content, accepting it without reflection. In some cases, students submitted papers written by AI without even knowing how to explain the concepts contained therein (FORBES, 2025). This practice, in addition to compromising learning, creates an illusion of competence, in which intellectual autonomy is replaced by blind trust in the machine.

(SANTOS, L. M. dos. A dependência das IAS, 2025. Disponível em: https://ufsm.br/r-791-3644. Acesso em: 13 out.2025)

Qual é a análise sintática correta sobre a oração: “In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stopped being just a technological promise to become part of the daily lives of millions of people”?