šŸ¤– Day 1: Introduce yourself and your interest in AI

Howdy! My name is Mike. Mobile automation is my shtick, but I find myself doing a lot of Python, scripting, and CI/CD anymore. I also like to build apps in my spare time.

What interests me most? How it will continue to completely transform the way I work. I am able to write anything in just about any language with its help. For a recent take home exercise I was able to produce something in four hours in some contexts I’ve only dabbled in that would have previously taken me many days or even weeks.

I’ve not used AI too much for actual testing outside of coding, but most intriguing to me is its ability to build large data sets.

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Hi Rosie,
My name is Robbie. I train new employees in our development department. I am interested to see if I can add AI training to my curriculum.

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I’m Tracy Pierce. I’ve been working in tech in various capacities since 2010 and have recently transitioned to doing testing more full time. I currently work as a freelance tester. I was looking at options for expanding my knowledge base with testing, and that’s how I came up MoT.

In one of my previous jobs as a QA Specialist I was working indirectly with improving AI and have recently learned more about how to use it for myself. It has made some things so much faster for me, so I’m now wondering how this can apply to testing, that’s why I’m here!

I’m excited to learn more about how AI can be applied to testing and some of the benefits and pitfalls to watch out for. Look forward to connecting with you all more.

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Hello all,

I am Pavlos and I work as a software qa engineer for the last 3 years. AI is a high promising field with incredible abilities in several domains. What I would like to gain from this challenge is knowledge on how AI affects the software testing, what tools are available at the moment, which topics are covered from AI solutions and which would be great if they will be covered in the future.

I am looking forward to work on the tasks and explore the AI in testing world.

Let the challenge begin!

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Hello all,

My name is Simina. I’ve been working as a software tester since 2009 with the last ones being on a professional break for maternity leave. For many years I referred to the MoT resources as one source for my learning.

I’m curious about the specifics of testing AI, how can it be used by testers, its limitations and ethics. I’m looking forward to discovering these though this challenge.

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Welcome aboard Aparna and thanks for joining in!

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There are many lone testers in companies which makes this effort and the testing community so important for us.

Thanks for joining for the ride!

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Hello,

I’m Nicole. I’ve been in and out of QA for a long time, including software testing, automation, and management. It is always fun to stay up to date and see what we can do with the latest shiny thing! I’ve been a part of the MoT community since 2019 or so, but not always active. Now that I am re-entering the workforce after a break, it is time to get involved again. As for goals, just to learn and share.

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Thanks for taking the effort to make the first interaction, you’ll see you are not alone in that today. :heart::smiley:

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It’s so good to see you here!

You’ll be pleased that the daily challenges are published around midnight UK time to accommodate Australia. :australia: :smiley:

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Hi everyone,

my name is Indre. I am junior QA analyst. I would like to know more about AI testing and chalenge myself.

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Hi all!

My name is Hillary and I am quality assurance analyst for a B2B software company in the US. I’ve been in the position for maybe 3 years? It is, as of now, 100% manual testing but we are wading into automation with playwright. I also contribute a lot to our internal and customer facing content around the components I test.

When it comes to using AI for testing, I am so new to the concept that I am seeking inspiration, first and foremost. The possibilities feel so open that I don’t really know where to start. I hear talk of people using AI, but the specifics of the HOW they use it seem to get a bit lost. That’s what I am here to find!

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My name is Kara. I’m a Sr Programmer/Analyst working in a QA role and part time develop role. A coworker introduced me to this community a few years ago but this will be my first challenge.

Currently I mostly use automation to test APIs although I have done quite a bit of automated UI testing as well. I often use AI tools when I get stuck on code. I’ve found it very helpful although you do have to watch out for errors. Through some guidance via my input (and me learning better prompting techniques) it has helped me develop new ways to code for testing and ways to provide different complex data input. I am very interested to learn what AI can do to assist further with testing.

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Hello reader,

I am Ashutosh, based in Berlin, Germany. I have been working in Software testing field for about 10 years now. There are already 272 introductions here, so if you are reading mine thanks for reading so far. If you are interested in networking virtually and personally about Software Testing, AI and/or just talk about life over a drink you can find me here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/connectwithashutoshm/

As per the 30days challenge - I am here to read everything and write my thoughts.
I am curious about Artificial intelligence - to understand and test it and if it is any good make use of it to assist me in making all of my boring chores go away, starting with paying all my bills. :smiley:

Thanks and see you around
Ashutosh

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:woman_technologist: Hi everyone,

I’m Lara :croatia: , currently working as a Business Analyst/PO at Cyber64 company!
Although I’m not currently and officially a ā€œtesterā€, I can’t resist the urge to make sure everything works as it should. :sweat_smile:
Before this, I spent around three years as a manual tester, carefully checking that everything functioned correctly. I’ve always been very detail-oriented, making sure that everything not only works but also looks and behaves as expected.

My interest in AI started when I realized how much it’s becoming a part of our daily lives.

I’m here to learn more about how AI intersects with testing, exploring different areas. My goal is to gain the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use AI in my future work, ultimately improving testing practices.

Feel free to connect with me on Linkedin! :v:

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Hi at all.
My name is George and i am from Greece. I was, since 1+ year a front-end WordPress developer and afterwards i decided to turn into QA testing / enginnering. Nowdays i work as a freelancer at uTest. I found this community during the summer of 2023.

In my point of view AI is just a tool to speed up your job, no way to substitute it. Yes i want to learn more what AI can offer in testing area.

My goal is to geed deeper in testing area. I use tools such as Selenium, Postman and Cypress and sure AI is a challenge to improve my testing skiils.

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Hi Conny

JetBrains AI Desktop Product. Sounds interesting. I am curious about few things. (Feel free to not answer if its not allowed or if you simply don’t want to answer it.)

  • Which programming language does your team use?
  • Which CI/CD tools team uses?
  • How often code is pushed to Prod?
  • Don’t want to ask about Backend / logic building / data which is fed to train AI. If you could - please share.

Thanks
Ashutosh

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Hey!
Juan Antonio here, I have wide experience on testing, from tester in a small team to QA Director in a huge company. Now helping teams in a Quality Engineer role. Always learning and willing to help.

I’m interested on how AI can be useful for testing and how to test AI applications, we have huge challenges there.

Happy to participate :smile:

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Hi everyone,

I’m Max, a tester within an agile team. Excited about my company’s venture into AI tools, I’m keen to explore AI testing methods further.

Thrilled to be joining the MoT community for the first time! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi there,

I’m Karolina and I am a QA engineer in Air Help. Don’t have much experience with AI so I want to enhance my skills and see how AI can be integrated.

Regards,
Karolina

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