Industry experts in technology have argued that innovation and regulatory oversight seldom _______ within fast-paced sectors such as artificial intell...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
Industry experts in technology have argued that innovation and regulatory oversight seldom _______ within fast-paced sectors such as artificial intelligence, given that corporations focus on rapid advancement while policymakers stress prudent oversight. However, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation challenges this belief: it has simultaneously safeguarded user data and catalyzed the creation of advanced privacy-enhancing technologies.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
clash
harmonize
advance
weaken
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Create Passage Analysis Table
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| "Industry experts in technology have argued that innovation and regulatory oversight seldom _______ within fast-paced sectors such as artificial intelligence," |
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| "[MISSING WORD/PHRASE]" |
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| "given that corporations focus on rapid advancement while policymakers stress prudent oversight." |
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| "However, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation challenges this belief:" |
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| "it has simultaneously safeguarded user data and catalyzed the creation of advanced privacy-enhancing technologies." |
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Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: While experts believe innovation and regulation typically don't work well together in fast-paced tech sectors, GDPR demonstrates they can actually complement each other successfully.
Argument Flow: The passage presents an expert view about the typical incompatibility between innovation and regulation, explains why this tension exists, then provides GDPR as a concrete example that challenges this belief by showing both goals can be achieved simultaneously.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- From our analysis, we see that experts believe innovation and regulation have a difficult relationship in fast sectors
- However, GDPR "challenges this belief" by showing they can work together successfully
- Since GDPR challenges the expert view by demonstrating successful cooperation, the experts must believe that innovation and regulation seldom work together harmoniously
- The blank needs a word that means "work well together" or "complement each other"
clash
- "Clash" means to conflict or fight against each other
- This would support the expert view rather than create something for GDPR to challenge
harmonize
- "Harmonize" means to work together in a complementary way
- Creates the perfect setup: experts believe innovation and regulation seldom work together well
- GDPR directly challenges this by showing they can harmonize
advance
- "Advance" doesn't capture the relationship between innovation and regulation
- Makes the sentence about whether they both move forward, not how they interact
weaken
- "Weaken" suggests they make each other less effective
- Would actually support rather than challenge the expert view about tension