AI Test Generation: The Infinite Monkey Theorem

The Pitch

"Use our AI to scan your website and generate 10,000 Cypress tests automatically!"

The Reality

Verification vs Validation.

• AI acts verification: "Does the page load? Yes."
• AI fails validation: "Is this the right page? Who knows."

The "False Positive" Flood

If you auto-generate tests based on the current state of the application, you are effectively snapshotting bugs.

• If the "Submit" button is broken (Red), the AI writes a test expecting it to be Red.
• When you fix it (Green), the test fails.

Where AI Actually Helps (Synthetic Data)

Don't use AI to write tests. Use AI to generate Test Data.

• "Generate 50 realistic addresses in France with edge cases (accents, long streets)."
• "Generate a valid JSON payload for a booking with a date in the past." AI is a fuzzing tool, not a QA Engineer.