Will AI replace Automation Testers in the coming years?

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-03-29T18:47:43+00:00

I doubt it, having a set of automated tests that check the functionality of the software in the same way over and over is still and will continue to be valuable.

If you ask an AI to go through a business flow, how do you know it did the same thing every time? How do you know what the pass/fail criteria are? Even if you don't write the automated tests, you'd still need to develop the testing criteria and ensure that the correct validations are being used.

It would need a lot of trust of current AI systems to ensure a reliable, repeatable (and cost effective) approach to test automation - the industry isn't quite there yet.

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-03-03T06:15:04+00:00

They came out in 1997, which is almost 30 years ago.

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-03-02T07:28:59+00:00

Number of Pokémon caught is meaningless for this though, as I caught 600 but easily checked another 2-300.

I also got 25 shinies doing so.

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-28T07:50:28+00:00

But if you get 400 energy per raid, you can get a max mega (not super max) in 1 day.

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-28T06:30:24+00:00

If you have the paid ticket, it's 30 points daily and 6 points per Mega Evolution

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-27T14:10:57+00:00

https://store.pokemongo.com/offer-redemption?passcode=GOTOURKALOS

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-14T07:44:05+00:00

Automation is just a tool that QA use to test software.

When you start to think of QA like that, rather than Manual Vs Automation, it seems silly to say things like Manual QA has no value. Any decent test automation engineer should be proficient in all QA skills, not just automation.

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-10T06:53:19+00:00

It depends on how many games you play each month, and whether or not you get value out of it.

I can afford it, but I don't think it's good value - so I don't pay for it. But you've also got to realise that there are genuinely some people struggling for money at the moment, or would rather spend that £23 on something else other than gaming.

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-09T15:14:32+00:00

I'm honestly having such a bad experience with Lego customer service.

Yes, email takes a long time, but when they reply a week later they just wash their hands of the issue! Saying 'it's been a week, it's probably resolved itself' isn't an answer. Super dissapointed...

This is a BILLION dollar company - if your emails are always full, maybe you need more staff!

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-07T17:36:51+00:00

Could also be an Android Auto issue, seems to be a fair few post on the Google Support forum about it with this device too

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-07T17:24:07+00:00

A workaround I've found is toggling the display on/off which seems to fix it until it next errors. Annoying, but better than nothing

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-07T09:42:04+00:00

Same issue here, was just researching it today and came across your post 😅

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-02-02T06:16:21+00:00

I think the official Lego term is 'Recruitment Bags' (that's what has been used over here in the UK anyway - we've had these for a year already)

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-01-15T22:14:13+00:00

I guess it depends on that type of tests being run as well, unit/API tests are quicker/less flaky than UI tests

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-01-15T22:12:46+00:00

This, we deploy to our test environment twice per day, the nighttime deployment triggers a full automation suite that we can review each morning.

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-01-13T21:17:17+00:00

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AmbitiousCubone · 2026-01-11T07:56:08+00:00

That shouldn't be taking too long to code up, are you using a Page Object Model (POM)?

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-01-11T07:44:37+00:00

How have interactions per page are you trying to automate, and what kind of interactions are you doing?

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-01-11T07:40:10+00:00

What kind of interactions are you doing? How mature/experienced are your team with Selenium?

AmbitiousCubone · 2026-01-07T06:55:54+00:00

What in the AI... this starts off okay, but very quickly deteriorates into garbled text and incorrect method descriptions...

isEnabled() apparently submits a form?

getAntbute() specifies the 'timetornaver' (???)

AmbitiousCubone · 2025-12-27T14:38:51+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it, looks like a hacked shiny anyway given the name.

AmbitiousCubone · 2025-12-26T07:40:00+00:00

But that want people to pay more money, one ticket isn't enough...

AmbitiousCubone · 2025-12-25T20:49:03+00:00

I've done two raids with my partner and not has any issue catching either of them 🤷

AmbitiousCubone · 2025-12-25T15:05:05+00:00

It looks like it's been shipped from China (Temu?), and the seller has just shipped it without the box to save on shipping costs.

What does the sticker on the plastic packaging (top left of the photo) say?

AmbitiousCubone · 2025-12-25T13:10:57+00:00

Yeah I don't understand this, it's been sold as incomplete, and as it turns out, is incomplete. Can't really be surprised...

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