The Hidden Risk in AI-Generated Tests and Requirements - Olivier Denoo

Why expert testers will be needed more as AI writes more code What happens to quality when anyone can generate code with a prompt but nobody checks whether it actually works? With Olivier Denoo I talk about why that question puts expert testers in a stronger position than many managers currently assume. We get into the real risk of AI that always sounds right, the edge cases a lost suitcase in Brussels reveals, and why the hardest unsolved problem in testing is still the same one Olivier ran into three decades ago: describing precisely what you want. The skills I keep coming back to in this conversation are business understanding, communication, and the ability to spot what the AI confidently got wrong. "AI can do most of the parts of the testing process." - Olivier Denoo Olivier Denoo has been, From May 2019 to April 2023, the president of the ISTQB and is now currently the Vice President of the ISTQB. Olivier is also the President of the CFTL - the French ISTQB Board and official IREB, IQBBA and TMMi representative in France. The CFTL is organizing the largest software testing conference in Europe (JFTL) with more than 1200 attendees. He is also the Vice President of ps_testware SAS, the French subsidiary of the ps_testware group. His role is to develop business, recruit the local expert team, build sustainable partnerships, promote software testing and quality. He is also involved in auditing test projects and organizations and provides high-level consultancy and support. For nearly 30 years he is an international speaker who spoke at A4Q World Conference, Geekle QA, iSQE, Test-IT Africa; SQA-days; BA-days; JFIE; TestWarez; SEETEST; STF; Iqnite; JFTL; JMTL; JTTL; Analyst-days; Quality Week; Eurostar; Dasia… He's also actively participating in the development of new certification schemes, like IQBBA (Business Analysis) or IREB (requirements engineering) and is co author of various books and articles on software testing Highlights: AI-generated output is correct often enough to look trustworthy, but the remaining faulty fraction, hallucinated references, invented requirements, fabricated test cases, causes real business damage if no human checks the result. A tester who only runs pre-written scripts without understanding the underlying business is directly replaceable by AI; domain knowledge is what makes a tester hard to automate away. Prompt engineering and requirements engineering are now core tester skills, because the fundamental problem of describing software behavior precisely and unambiguously has not changed in 30 years of the profession. Communication skills are a critical gap in tester education: presenting data honestly, managing stakeholder expectations, and writing clear prompts all depend on abilities that engineering curricula do not teach. More Links with Insights: Oliviers Website 📌 Testing is a people business, humanity as a superpower. That is my talk on October 7 at HUSTEF 2026 in Budapest: See programme and tickets