nobody in the world had ever come up with before.

是前人们从未曾提出过的
Well, other than prejudice,

那么除了偏见
what would stop us from saying the program was being creative?

还有什么能阻止我们说程序具有创造力呢
Not just in sort of mathematical things like chess or math,

不止是下棋或数学这类跟数理有关的事
there are, as you know, programs that can write music.

你知道有些程序甚至能创作音乐
And I don't just mean throw out some random assortment of notes.

我不是说那种随机抛出各类音符的创作
Programs that can produce music that have--

这些程序可以生成
that we recognize as music,

我们认可的音乐
that have melodic structure and develop themes,

这些音乐具有旋律形态和递进的主题
resolve, music

有转为和音的章节
that nobody's heard before.

而且从未有人听到过这些音乐
Why not say the machine is creative?

为什么不能说机器有创造力