My Book: "Test Like a Machine, Think Like a Human"

By Thomas Howard – Coming Winter 2026

In Test Like a Machine, Think Like a Human, I take you inside the evolving world of Quality Engineering; where AI is reshaping everything from how we write test cases to how we think about risk, velocity, and value.

This isn’t just a “AI in QA” guide. It’s a roadmap for engineers, testers, and tech leaders who want to harness AI as a force multiplier; without losing the critical thinking, creativity, and human judgment that still make or break quality.

Packed with real-world examples, battle-tested strategies, and a look ahead at the next decade of software quality, this book is for anyone ready to move beyond the old QA playbook and lead in the AI-powered era.

Chapters

Part I – The Shift: A New Era of Quality

1. The Old QA Model Is Dead
2. The AI-Powered Future of Quality
3. The Quality Renaissance (manifesto)

Part II – The AI Toolkit

4. From Test Cases to Test Intelligence
5. Agentic Automation and Self-Healing Pipelines
6. Metrics That Matter: Beyond Coverage

Part III – Testing the Machines

7. Testing LLMs, Agents, and Model Drift
8. The Hallucination Problem
9. Risks, Ethics, and Compliance in Regulated Domains

Part IV – People, Roles & Strategy

10. The Human Edge
11. New Roles: AI Quality Architects and Prompt Engineers for Testing
12. The 12-Month AI-QE Transformation Roadmap

Part V – The Road Ahead

13. The Future of Quality Engineering
14. Case Study: Snap eHealth’s Automation Evolution
15. How to Start (Tools, Stack, and First Wins)
16. Your Career in the AI-QE Era