Macaulay comments on Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Macaulay 22 February 2013 08:02:43PM *  1 point [-]

What's a good term for "being able to pass an ideological Turing test"? (Being able to pass an ITT is related to being able to argue both sides of a debate, being able to accurately explain your opponent's position, being able to summarize the strongest counterargument to your position, etc.)

Following the original analogy, is there a term for "a machine that's able to pass a Turing test"? My googling didn't turn up anything. But if there was ("a machine is called Turing-(blank) if it can pass a Turing test"), then it seems we could adapt it fairly easily to the ITT: someone is ideologically Turing-(blank) if they can pass an ITT.

Any suggestions to fill in the blank?

Comment author: Dan_Moore 22 February 2013 08:33:28PM 2 points [-]

passable?

Comment author: Macaulay 22 February 2013 08:52:40PM 0 points [-]

Turing-capable?