Because he decided that computers ought to be like the red-eyed HAL of the movie 2001, which can talk to humans, communicate, think, understand and learn, Chu has been working for over ten years in the hope of inventing a similarly intelligent Chinese computer.
由於「認定」電腦應該和電影「外太空二○○一年」中有個紅眼睛的電腦「HAL」一樣，可以和人類說話、溝通、思考、理解、學習，朱邦復堅持了十幾年，希望做出那樣的「中文智能電腦」。