Two Simple Reasons that ChatGPT (AI) Won’t Work in End-to-End Test Automation

It is just hype, like many over the last two decades.

Zhimin Zhan
9 min readFeb 22, 2023

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With the hype of ChatGPT, AI in Test Automation has been talked about a lot, some even listed it as the Testing Trend 2023. This view is wrong.

Table of Contents:
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“ChatGPT is incredibly limited”
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Recap of What ChatGPT can do in End-to-End Test Automation
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Why is AI (such as ChatGPT) very limited in assisting End-to-End Test Automation?
1. Test Automation is harder than Coding, and AI is not replacing programmers yet.
2. Test Creation is only a minor effort in Test Automation
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Summary

“ChatGPT is incredibly limited”

This comment is not mine. It is from a tweet by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI:

Sam’s tweet

As a test automation engineer, I consider my job quite important. Do you?

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Zhimin Zhan

Test automation & CT coach, author, speaker and award-winning software developer. Help teams succeed with Agile/DevOps by implementing real Continuous Testing.