About physical tasks humans do that AI and robots still can't.
Has this happened?
Yes 7 (6%)Not sure 23 (20%)No 85 (74%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About physical tasks humans do that AI and robots still can't.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Umm.. this is a severe recency bias. What about all the things that humans can do that robots/AI haven’t yet shown promise in at all. Like basically any sculptural art, glass blowing, knot tying, or almost any athletic sport at competitive level like soccer. While you might say “that’s just a hardware problem not an intelligence problem”, you ignore the fact that robotics researchers have been working on this problem for decades and are nowhere near this goal. Even in simulation, we don’t have a compelling mechanism for autonomous completion of a task like driving cross country if it involves fixing a tire.
I personally consider the physically embodied tasks extremely challenging for AI because it involves continuous real time sensory integration and extensive nuanced tool use