Is AI taking my job? Why learn about AI?
In the past, I’ve given talks about AI topics in which I could see faces of awe and enjoyment but also fear among the audience. The most frequent questions from the audience with little AI knowledge were the ones posed in the title of this section:
- Is AI going to replace the job of a tester/QA expert?
- Why should I learn about AI?
More experienced people who are into testing (and even any other job, especially ones related to computing) also wonder and frequently argue about the first question.
To answer the first question, we should first define and agree on what exactly AI is. In Chapter 7, Mathematics and Algorithms in Testing, we saw the following AI definition:
Artificial intelligence – Luger and Stubblefield, 1993
“[AI is the] branch of computer science that is concerned with the automation of intelligent behavior.”
From this definition, we can easily conclude that AI is a tool...
