Your Host

Jonathon Wright

"The Automation Cyborg"

Quality engineering thought leader, futurist and keynote speaker with two decades at the frontier of test automation — from cognitive engineering and AIOps to today's Agentic AI and AI Confidence Engineering Book (2026).

On TestTalks.AI he sits down with the people defining AI-era quality: Jason Arbon, Paul Gerrard, Adam Sandman, Karl McCarron, Toby Marsden and engineers from NASA to Keysight's Eggplant AI R&D labs.

Jonathon Wright — host of TestTalks.AI
EST · 2016
Credentials
  • TED speaker — Cognitive Learning Evolution, Over Revolution
  • Keynotes: EuroSTAR · STAREast · STARWest · ExpoQA
  • Co-author, AI Confidence Engineering Book (2026)
  • Lead Analyst, World Digital Report
The Mission
"Saving the world from bad software."

As generative AI drives the cost of code toward zero, confidence becomes the product. TestTalks.AI explores the discipline emerging around that shift — AI Assurance, verification economics, and the human judgment machines can't replace.

Research & tools

The open-testing ecosystem

Projects and research discussed on the show.

OPENTEST.AI

33+ virtual tester profiles

Persona-driven synthetic testers for AI-era coverage — from accessibility to adversarial exploration.

OPENREQUIREMENTS.AI

The DeFOSPAM methodology

A structured approach to eliciting, verifying and evolving requirements alongside agentic AI systems.

Notable guests
Paul GerrardJason ArbonAdam SandmanKarl McCarronNico CarnavalMichael Ritchson (NASA)Toby Marsden
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