--- title: Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests | daily.dev description: The post discusses the reasons why using AI to write tests may not be valuable. It explores the benefits of different types of tests, such as unit tests,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-shouldn-t-use-ai-to-write-your-tests-kvtbw4ys6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the reasons why using AI to write tests may not be valuable. It explores the benefits of different types of tests, such as unit tests,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-shouldn-t-use-ai-to-write-your-tests-kvtbw4ys6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kVTbW4YS6.png og:image:alt: Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests 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. # Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests **[swizec.com](https://daily.dev/sources/swizec)** · 4 min read · 16 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary The post discusses the reasons why using AI to write tests may not be valuable. It explores the benefits of different types of tests, such as unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests. It also presents ideas for using AI in test writing, including fuzzing the app, translating acceptance criteria into tests, and letting AI generate code based on tests. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@randy** · 10 upvotes > Article is wrong on many levels. But to stick with the title, don’t let AI write tests, but let’s let it write production code? Umm. No. > > Also, “vertical ownership” is a seriously bad idea. What happens when a bug is found in production and the one guy that knows the code is out of the country with no access? > > Finally, as for tests finding bugs before they’re in production… yes, I’ve had it happen myself. And sure, I’ve also had bugs make it to production that could have been caught by “a test” or even “a better test.” But to act like tests never “catch bugs before production” is just naive. --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-shouldn-t-use-ai-to-write-your-tests-kvtbw4ys6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-shouldn-t-use-ai-to-write-your-tests-kvtbw4ys6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-shouldn-t-use-ai-to-write-your-tests-kvtbw4ys6"},"datePublished":"2024-05-25T16:14:34.684Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T15:01:34.766Z","description":"The post discusses the reasons why using AI to write tests may not be valuable. 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