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Panel Discussion: What Can Go Wrong With AI in Testing?TestMu Conference 20252025-08-19
Panel covers concrete failures and experiments: AI agents deleting code, prompt injection and data leakage, Copilot-style edits that introduce fake functions…
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What are we thinking in the age of AI?PNSQC 20242024-10-14
Shows empirical failures with LLMs: 480 attempts to generate simple JSON test data produce a 57% failure rate, 60 iterations reveal frequent self-repudiation…
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Shift Left or Squish Right - Testing in a Shifting WorldØredev 20222022-11-08
Argues that shifting tests left often collapses testing into automated output checks and leaves deep experiential testing squeezed into production…
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“Lessons Learned in Grating Cheese”TestFlix 20202020-11-28
A demo compares a food processor and a hand grater to show that measured activity time omits important setup and cleanup, and that cooking (and testing) is a…
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Regression ObsessionQA Fest 20182018-09-21
Argues that regression fixation is displacing deep exploratory testing, claiming no such thing as an automated test and distinguishing checks vs testing with…
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Risk AnalysisQA Fest 20182018-09-21
Argues that risk is not just probability times impact but concrete stories and measurements: the Pentium floating-point bug that triggers wildly different…
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No more Fooling around -- Skills & Dynamics of Exploratory TestingAgile Testing Days 20112011-11-14
Argues that exploratory testing depends on human judgment and practiced technique rather than rigid scripts, claiming test automation cannot replace skilled…
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