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Engineering — The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity — Smashing Magazine

The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity — Smashing Magazine

We have officially moved past the era of humanoid robots as mere public relations stunts. As they become increasingly lifelike, society may soon face profound social, psychological, and ethical challenges. What happens when the boundary between humans and machines becomes almost impossible to distinguish?

CWCarrie WebsterCarrie Webster·June 12, 2026Engineering
Architecture — Agentic Testing: Where Agents Fit in the E2E Testing Stack

Agentic Testing: Where Agents Fit in the E2E Testing Stack

Abstract Agent-driven end-to-end (E2E) tests add a new exploratory layer to testing, but should they replace traditional deterministic tests? We ran more than 200 agentic E2E workflows using the Playwright MCP, Playwright CLI, and agent-generated Playwright tests in test workspaces using non-production data to find out how agentic testing could fit into both our and…

SGSergii Gorbachov·June 11, 2026Architecture