Exploratory Testing Reimagined with Maaret Pyhäjärvi

Traditional testing often relies on scripted test cases—which can act as step-by-step instructions on how to miss bugs. In the age of AI and agentic testing, the role of the tester is evolving rapidly from simple verification to deep, judgment-driven exploration.

In this session, Maaret Pyhäjärvi shares groundbreaking benchmark insights on task expansion, human-AI collaboration, and modern exploratory testing. Discover how combining human expertise with AI tools yields dramatically higher bug discovery rates and redefines quality engineering.

Key Takeaways

• The AI + Human Performance Advantage: Why exploratory testers paired with AI dramatically outperform traditional testing approaches and standalone AI agents in discovering critical issues.
• Task Expansion in Testing: How testers are moving beyond basic bug reporting to starting earlier in code reviews and continuing further by submitting fixes.
• Agentic Testing in Practice: How AI agents handle UI, accessibility, and regression checks while humans provide essential epistemic judgment and imagination.
• Contemporary Exploratory Practices: Why test cases should be captured as the programmatic output of exploring rather than the input.

Join us on September 23rd at 10AM EST/16:00 CEST

(Can’t make the live session? Register anyway and we will send you the recording and deck after the event!)