Lesson 854 of 1596
AI Test Generation: Quality Beyond Coverage
AI test generation hits coverage easily. Quality (catching real bugs) is the harder bar.
Creators · AI-Assisted Coding · ~7 min read
The premise
AI test generation hits coverage; quality requires deliberate design beyond coverage.
What AI does well here
- Generate tests with AI then validate quality
- Run mutation testing to verify tests catch real bugs
- Maintain engineer authority on critical test logic
- Track real bug catch rate
What AI cannot do
- Trust coverage as quality signal
- Substitute AI tests for thinking about what to test
- Eliminate the need for human-designed tests
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Practice this safely
Use a small project example from your own work. The useful move is to compare the AI's draft against your goal, sources, and constraints before you trust it.
- 1Ask AI to explain test generation in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "AI Test Generation: Quality Beyond Coverage" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check quality against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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