The Turing test, in Artificial Intelligence, describes the Holy Grail of that field. When a human sitting in front of a teletype screen can not distinguish the answers of an AI engine from that of another human, the AI engine is at its zenith. In the same spirit, I now introduce [drumrolls] the NotThatSane test of status quo. When a human sitting infront of a current affairs show can not distinguish between a show recorded six months before and a show recorded that afternoon, the country's vibrancy is at a standstill. Judging by this then, our shared political life is nearly there. We should pass out the awards.
