# Tasks that no robot will ever be capable of doing..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719 "2015-10-15T14:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/21 "2015-10-17T01:44:29Z")
Bullshitting- that is, recognizing truth and then being able to distort or corrupt it in a non-obvious fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/22 "2015-10-17T02:00:17Z")
They cant cut n weld free hand in the field, nor can they engineer fixes for broken parts to re-manufacture in a machine shop. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/23 "2015-10-17T02:11:43Z")
> [@Ken001](#): > > Psycho-therapy. Another example that’s already wrong: [The computer will see you now](http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21612114-virtual-shrink-may-sometimes-be-better-real-thing-computer-will-see) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/24 "2015-10-17T02:27:52Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > I built a robot in my garage. I programmed it so that: > > it could go down to the quarry and throw stuff in there Stop bringing this up in random threads. If you must call him out on it, use the Pit (in fact, a Pit thread already exists). You will be warned if you do this again. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/25 "2015-10-17T02:40:46Z")
I don’t think a robot will really ever be able to get a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/26 "2015-10-17T03:20:35Z")
Travel backwards in time. Create a rock so big that it can’t be lifted, and then lift it. Solve the Middle East crisis peacefully. (Note that I’m replying only to the title; these aren’t exactly my own skills, just tasks I don’t think a robot will be able to do). ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/27 "2015-10-17T03:22:04Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Travel backwards in time. Goddammit, as soon as I hit “post,” I vaguely remembered that some robot has already (will have already?) traveled backward in time. What was the name of that robot? Hold on, lemme go check IMDB. I’ll be bahck. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/28 "2015-10-17T03:25:46Z")
Truthfully state ‘i am not a robot’. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/29 "2015-10-17T03:35:25Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Solve the Middle East crisis peacefully. Depends on your definition of ‘peacefully’. It could flood the atmosphere with mood-altering chemicals, transforming the whole region into one big hippy lovefest. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/30 "2015-10-17T12:53:36Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Stop bringing this up in random threads. If you must call him out on it, use the Pit (in fact, a Pit thread already exists). You will be warned if you do this again. And yet I somehow completely missed this ongoing meta-joke until now. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/31 "2015-10-17T23:28:37Z")
My gosh, I just thought it was a funny board in-joke, like people make with Hal and sheep. OH hey, there’s one robots won’t be able to do well, fuck sheep. I mean, sure you could make one to do it, but it wouldn’t be tender and loving. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/32 "2015-10-18T00:49:31Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > OH hey, there’s one robots won’t be able to do well, fuck sheep. I mean, sure you could make one to do it, but it wouldn’t be tender and loving. Ewes aren’t looking for a relationship from a robot. They just want a lot of RAM. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/33 "2015-10-18T05:13:17Z")
> [@Ken001](#): > > Psycho-therapy. Bah! Joseph Weizenbaum’s Eliza (Doctor) program (circa 1965) was a simulation of a Rogerian psychotherapist, and was commonly reported to have functioned reasonably as such. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/34 "2015-10-18T21:38:33Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Ewes aren’t looking for a relationship from a robot. They just want a lot of RAM. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/35 "2015-10-19T02:28:50Z")
> [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > Depends on your definition of ‘peacefully’. It could flood the atmosphere with mood-altering chemicals, transforming the whole region into one big hippy lovefest. Or to use poisonous gases to poison their asses. 🙂 [QUOTE] Can't we just talk to the humans Be a little understanding Could make things better? Can't we talk to the humans that work together now? No. Because they are dead. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719/36 "2015-10-19T03:42:23Z")
> [@Ken001](#): > > Coaching of business managers. > > Mentoring. > > Consulting. > > Psycho-therapy. Why do you say I consulting Psycho-therapy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasks-that-no-robot-will-ever-be-capable-of-doing/734719.md?page=1)