Test Automation Should Not Be Used to Replace Humans

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Posted November 16, 2021

Test Automation Should Not Be Used to Replace Humans

This week, we discuss the different circumstances that do and do not call for test automation. There are a lot of discussions in all industries about automation and how it can replace humans. This anxiety has fuel science fiction films for decades but alas, the automaton uprising has not yet get to fruition. Now robots coming for our jobs? That can be a different narrative, but in the test space, we necessitate to recollect that essay automation should not be expend to supplant homo.

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Humans and technology have different skill sets. Humans have an unbelievable capacity to make quick decisions on how the software is supposed to perform and how to feel. Test mechanization focuses more on numerical challenges and logic-based assessment. Remember there is a human component to write code, so there always will be a human component to testing.

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Here ’ s more on the types of challenges that are ripe for test mechanisation and the circumstances where the human feel and understanding are still necessary.

Come back for part 4 adjacent week, when we talk about Selenium as a framework, but not a scheme.

Marcus Merrell

Test Strategist

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Nov 16, 2021
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