{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Travel Tech Podcast","title":"Zero-Days, Superintelligence, and the Collapse of Software Assumptions","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1852,"description":"AI is rapidly changing the economics of software: code is cheaper to generate than ever, but significantly harder to reason about, validate, and secure. As systems become more automated, the real constraint is no longer building functionality, it’s maintaining confidence in what those systems will actually do once deployed.To unpack this shift, Alex Brooker is joined by Jen Reid-Schram, an AI practitioner and former VP of Technology with deep roots in QA, engineering leadership, and executive transformation. Jen brings a systems-level view of how quality thinking evolved inside engineering teams—and why it may need to re-emerge in a new form as AI reshapes how software is produced.She’s joined by Oli Deakin, former CTO of Snowflake Software and ex-technology leader at Cirium, who brings hands-on experience building and operating complex technical systems in aviation and enterprise environments. Together, they explore how AI is redefining QA, amplifying security risk, and forcing a rethink of what “good software” even means in an era of superhuman code generation.What You’ll LearnQA is fundamentally about translating intent into system behavior“Shift-left” eliminated QA as a team, but not as a needAI reduces the cost of writing code, not verifying itSpec-driven development is becoming a primary control mechanismEngineering is shifting from writing code to defining behaviorQA thinking is rooted in empathy and adversarial reasoningAI amplifies both productivity and systemic risk simultaneouslyZero-day vulnerabilities highlight unknown risks in software systemsCVE management remains a high-stakes tradeoffAI adoption is reshaping incentives between productivity and burnoutSecurity and QA are converging again under AI-driven developmentTime-Stamped Highlights(00:11) AI focus and recent industry developments(01:38) The evolving role of QA engineers(02:19) Jen’s start in QA and early tech career(03:01) Defining the QA “quality mindset”(03:23) Shift-left development model...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LxpvuNpWwfSGFL1KA1WhoZf9L55ykAqb5rgjXNFqi3c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mY2Yz/ZjA5OGE1ZmEyMTk4/ODJkYmU1YjhlYjRk/YTMzNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}