TLDR AI · ENGINEERING & RESEARCH
AI-GENERATED TESTS ARE LYING TO YOU
Summary from the TLDR AI newsletter
Developers have shifted to getting AI to generate unit tests over the last year. While this makes everything look good, often, developers are actually just replacing validation with transcription. The more developers automate testing without understanding it, the more they risk turning existing bugs into features. The future of software engineering belongs to those who automate the right things and keep thinking about the rest. AI can amplify good engineering discipline, but it can't replace it.