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Agentic Systems in Testing: Why Humans Stay in the Loop - Nishan Portoyan
Agentic Systems in Testing: Why Humans Stay in the Loop - Nishan Portoyan
What separates a handful of agents from a real agentic system? With Nishan Portoyan I talk about exactly that line, and why most teams are still on the wrong side of it. We walk through a full testing pipeline where eight to twelve agents handle everything from requirement review to performance test conversion, and I keep coming back to the question of where the human has to step in and why the AI simply cannot replace that judgment. Nishan is direct about what these systems cannot do: they do not think, they gather information and hand it back, and anyone expecting otherwise will run into trouble fast.