Logical Reasoning

PT138 · S2 · Q19 Research into arificial intelligence

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Research into artificial intelligence will fail to produce truly intelligent machines unless the focus of the discipline is radically changed.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

19.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion argued for above?

  1. The current focus of research

    Trap

    7% picked this

  2. Correct

    If the current focus of

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

    Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    86% picked this

  3. Despite progress in creating machines

    Trap

    2% picked this

  4. The capacity to express noncognitive

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. If a machine is not

    Trap

    2% picked this

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