Blog Posts

The risk of qualitative deepfake is a reality

Discussion of the impact and risks of AI and qualitative deepfake on credibility and impartiality.

New era, same issues: the heightened need for appropriate methods teaching in the generative-ai era

As we approach the end of another Gregorian calendar year it's natural to become reflective about what's gone before and what's...

Navigating perspectives on Qualitative-AI: Tools, ‘Intelligence’ and Ethics

There are many different Qualitative-AI tools – some very new, others that have been around a while – and just as many different views...

The AI copilot from CoLoop: what's it good for?

CoLoop is a new ‘AI copilot’ for qualitative analysis, developed by Genie Technology Inc., and is one of several new generative-AI tools...

AI-Assist beta from MAXQDA - what's it good for?

UPDATES: new features have been released in AI-Assist by MAXQDA since this post was first published - these are discussed at the bottom...

AI "open coding" beta from ATLAS.ti - what's it good for?

As discussed in my previous post, What’s afoot in the Qualitative AI space? various forms of AI, including machine learning, is not new...

What’s a foot in the Qualitative AI space?

There’s a lot of discussion about the potential implications of advances in AI on qualitative data analysis happening right now. The...

AI in QDA: hoo-ha or step-change?

In this series of posts I’m reflecting on the role of AI in qualitative data analysis that is receiving a lot of attention at the moment....