雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(65)
Dr Turing, speaking about the 'memory' of the new brain it would be able to retain for a week or more about as much as an actor has to learn in an average play.
Asked about Lord Louis Mountbatten s statement that it would be able to play an average game of chess, Dr Turing said that was looking far into the future.
我們談到蒙巴頓所說的機器下棋時，圖靈博士表示這項計劃還很遙遠……point was then put to him that chess and similar activities required judgment as well as memory, and Dr Turing agreed that that was a matter for the philosopher rather than the scientist.
下棋不僅需要記憶，還需要自主的決策能力，圖靈博士認爲這是哲學家要考慮的事，而不是科學家。
'But,' he added, 'that is a question we may be able to settle experimentally in about 100 years time.'
"但是，"他補充道，"我們也許能在100年內解決這個問題。"This was the most exciting if embarrassing thing to happen at the NPL for a long while, and Darwin was sufficiently encouraged to make a radio broadcast,
這些事情雖然令人很尷尬，但卻讓國家物理實驗室興奮了好一陣子，而且達爾文也受到鼓舞，在廣播裏發表了一番講話。in which he outlined the 'idealised machine' of Computable Numbers, and explained that 'Turing, who is now on our staff, is showing us how to make his idea come true.'
他提到了《可計算數》中的"理想機器"，並說"圖靈現在正與我們一起工作，他正在展示如何將想法變成現實。"But as the newsreel music faded away, the awkward fact remained that it was now nearly a year since Alan had shown in detail how to 'make his idea come true',
直到一年後，流行音樂都過季了，但這個事件仍然停留在公衆的視線中。圖靈已經詳細地說明了"將想法變成現實"的方法，and Darwin still did not know how the NPL was to give effect to his proposals.
但是達爾文仍然不知道，國家物理實驗室到底要怎樣才能實現它。On 22 October, when Hartree enquired about progress on the ACE, Darwin had to confess that 'Post Office assistance had not been as great as was expected.'
10月22日，當哈特里詢問ACE的進展時，達爾文不得不承認"郵政實驗室的幫助沒有想象中那麼大。"
