Software Testing Unleashed · 2026-02-05 · 28 min
Use AI in testing without losing judgment or ownership Free e-book: The 7 success factors of software testing. 25 years of project experience in one 33-page workbook, now also in English Get it for free "We're moving away from telling a computer what to do to actually collaborating with it." - Steve Watson In this episode, I talk with Steve Watson about critical thinking in the age of AI in testing. Steve says treat AI like a smart teammate. Useful, but you still check its work. We talk bias, missing context, and why lazy shortcuts tempt us. He shares where AI helped, like clustering survey responses, and where it missed ambiguities in requirements. We look at our craft: Ask better questions. Focus on the user. Let tools draft, but you decide. Train the next generation in skepticism and analysis. Same mission. New habits. Steve Watson is an experienced Quality Engineering Manager who leads and coaches testing teams to help them to be the best testers they can be. As a Senior Quality Engineering Manager at easyJet, he is responsible for the overall testing strategy and standards within the Airline Operations area, managing an offshore testing function and the testing budget.
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