# Ep 7: Can AI Ever Create Mission Critical Software?  With Martin Davidson

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Published: 2026-05-10T16:44:25+00:00
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## Resource

Join host Anne Currie in this episode of "Asynchronous and Unreliable," where she talks with veteran technologist Martin Davidson about his journey from telecommunications to AI-driven software development. Discover how AI looks set to reshape the software industry, including by building high-quality, production-ready code and redefining testing, design, and organizational structures. - Martin Davidson’s career evolution from high-resilience telco software to AI and machine learning - The concept of oracle-driven development for AI-generated code quality - Practical experimentation with rewriting libraries and building emulators in Rust using AI - The extension of traditional unit testing to fuzz testing, differential testing, and other AI-powered validation - The importance of defining success criteria ("what good looks like") upfront in AI projects - Parallelization strategies in AI and software architectures: from agents to cores and teams - Organizational implications of AI-driven productivity increases and automation - Future outlook for legacy software companies amid AI disruptions - The cultural and economic impacts of AI on software engineering careers and industry stability #tech #podcast #softwareengineering #AI #sustainability #green #software #distributedsystems shownotes and transcript: https://www.asynchronousunreliable.com/asynchronous-and-unreliable-e7

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