--- title: A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Why would I even want... description: A seasoned testing professional argues that generating test cases with AI misses the point entirely. Testing is about finding information, not executing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-seasoned-tester-s-crystal-ball-why-would-i-even-want-to-generate-test-cases-with-ai--4hv154du1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Why would I even want to generate test cases with AI? | daily.dev og:description: A seasoned testing professional argues that generating test cases with AI misses the point entirely. Testing is about finding information, not executing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-seasoned-tester-s-crystal-ball-why-would-i-even-want-to-generate-test-cases-with-ai--4hv154du1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4hV154DU1.png og:image:alt: A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Why would I even want to generate test cases with AI? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball: Why would I even want to generate test cases with AI? **[A Seasoned Tester's Crystal Ball](https://daily.dev/sources/visiblequality)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A seasoned testing professional argues that generating test cases with AI misses the point entirely. Testing is about finding information, not executing step-by-step instructions. Exploratory testing principles show that asking AI directly for bugs yields better results than generating test cases. The author introduces the concept of 'Test Intelligence Mesh' at CGI Finland, which packages contemporary exploratory testing skills with AI assistance to produce valuable testing outcomes rather than documentation artifacts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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