346: Where AI in QA is Actually Working Today (with Digital.ai's Derek Holt)

About this episode

Dave speaks with Derek Holt about the effective use of AI in software testing.

In this episode, Dave speaks with Derek Holt, CEO at digital.ai, to discuss how AI should be used in testing to give organizations the most value. In this podcast, they talk about: -- How AI pays off when it handles pattern-heavy, low-judgment work -- How fully autonomous, “one-click” QA has issues -- What organizations can do to get started using AI in software testing

People in this episode

Host: Dave

Guest: Derek Holt

Topics covered

• AI in QA
• software testing
• automation
• organizational value
• pattern recognition

Keywords

• AI
• QA
• software testing
• automation
• digital.ai

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: digital.ai

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