There's been a lot of discussion around leveraging AI and machine learning (ML) for testing software, but seemingly less on how to test and provide QA for an AI- or ML-driven application. But Lauren Pehnke was faced with doing just that for a product that would combine natural language processing, computer vision, and image classification to drive ranked search results. She will outline the research on AI and ML she did before taking on this role, including basic vocabulary for the variants of AI involved and interesting AI "failures" to better inform what areas of the process would...
Lauren Pehnke
Aquent
Lauren Pehnke's tech origin story really kicked off while earning her bachelor's in biotechnology and assisting some computer science majors with their indie game projects. She carried that same scientific curiosity and methodology forward through the years—performing visual and functional QA for Rock Band 4's multi-platform release; wrangling databases, vendors, and client support tickets for athenahealth's EHR system, and most recently starring as the QA specialist on back-office and machine learning projects at Aquent, an international staffing company.