The End of the QC Era: What Will Happen to Processes When Developers Start Testing Themselves?

We are standing on the threshold of a new era — the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs).

Already today, the industry echoes with alarming (or perhaps optimistic?) slogans: “QA/QC specialists will be replaced by algorithms!” and “Developers, armed with AI tools, will be able to test everything themselves!” These statements challenge the very essence of traditional quality assurance processes.

What lies behind such slogans? A genuine threat or an exaggeration? Is this really “the end”?

Let’s take a look at what we know so far. In this talk, we will not merely state facts but analyse the realism of the “developer-as-tester” scenario (just like an analyst-as-tester :) ) and outline the potential paths for the evolution of the QA role.