Alexandra Gibson

Just published: examining the role of #AI as participant in qualitative research w @AmdBeattie tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/10… #AI #qualitative #qualitativeresearch #ethics #rigour #research #chatgpt #psychology

@LuizaJarovsky Thanks for this link! @AmdBeattie & I came to the same conclusion about the role of #AI (not) replacing humans in research tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

🚨EXCELLENT AI PAPER ALERT: "Theory Is All You Need: AI, Human Cognition, and Decision Making" by @teppofelin & Matthias Holweg is all you need to read about AI today. Quotes: "The differences between human and machine learning—when it comes to language (as well as other domains)—are stark. While LLMs are introduced to and trained with trillions of words of text, human language “training” happens at a much slower rate. To illustrate, a human infant or child hears—from parents, teachers, siblings, friends and their surroundings—an average of roughly 20,000 words a day (e.g., Gilkerson et al., 2017; Hart and Risley, 2003). So, in its first five years a child might be exposed to—or “trained” with—some 36.5 million words. By comparison, LLMs are trained with trillions of tokens within a short time interval of weeks or months. The inputs differ radically in terms of quantity (sheer amount), but also in terms of their quality."  (pages 12-13) - "But can an LLM—or any prediction-oriented cognitive AI—truly generate some form of new knowledge? We do not believe they can. One way to think about this is that an LLM could be said to have “Wiki-level knowledge” on varied topics in the sense that these forms of AI can summarize, represent, and mirror the words (and associated ideas) it has encountered in myriad different and new ways. On any given topic (if sufficiently represented in the training data), an LLM can generate indefinite numbers of coherent, fluent, and well-written Wikipedia articles. But just as a subject-matter expert is unlikely to learn anything new about their specialty from a Wikipedia article within their domain, so an LLM is highly unlikely to somehow bootstrap knowledge beyond the combinatorial possibilities of the data and word associations it has encountered in the past." (page 16) - "AI is anchored on data-driven prediction. We argue that AI’s data and prediction-orientation is an incomplete view of human cognition. While we grant that there are some parallels between AI and human cognition—as a (broad) form of information processing—we focus on key differences. We specifically emphasize the forward-looking nature of human cognition and how theory-based causal logic enables humans to intervene in the world, to engage in directed experimentation, and to problem solve." (page 37) Link to read the paper below.

@sig225 Thanks Cal! It was pretty wild to experience it!!

This article thenextweb.com/news/how-ai-me… about AI filling out qualitative research surveys is interesting, but the actual research article is even more! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #ai

We’re thrilled to announce this upcoming public lecture by Catriona Macleod being co-hosted by @MasseyUni, with Victoria University of Wellington. @masseycollege

A place to find love or a 'Saturday night shag'? The rise and fall of dating apps and how they are changing relationships newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle…

Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich, whose incisive analysis of Western cancer culture so strongly shaped my PhD work. As she requested, less RIP & more social justice in her honour theguardian.com/books/2022/sep…

The practices of #reflexivity & subjectivity taken a few steps too far. Unlike Matthews, I contend the answer isn’t turning to pure objectivity but being less laissez-faire about what counts as rigorous #qualitative research & more stringent in practising it.

Listen to 'Intersectionality & Social Work Ep 7: Tracy Morison' This podcast series explores the views of international academics about the meaning of intersectionality & how they use intersectionality to inform their research & practice. @TracyMorison ⚓ anchor.fm/intersectional…

After four years of treatment for stage 4 cancer, I just wanted some encouraging words from my oncologist abc.net.au/news/2022-08-0… I’m glad to know oncologists who challenge this experience @zarnielwin & @dkwyld

At the risk of using a cliché, I was so shocked to hear that Cat Pausé @FOMNZ passed away this weekend. I’ll remember her for her critical scholarship & fat activism, but more importantly for how kind & thoughtful she was. I’ll really miss her.

@tylerburgese @CritHealthPsych @brett_scholz Thanks @tylerburgese - glad it resonated with you - still some of my pet peeves I see playing out when reviewing #qualitativeresearch

Excellent episode of The Operative Word podcast by @CritHealthPsych—@allyfgibson on methodological rigor, transparency, and dreaded buzzwords like “saturation.” Thanks again @brett_scholz for the rec! #TheOW

New research | Navigating trans visibilities, trauma and trust in a new cervical screening clinic, from @jess_botfield @allyfgibson @thisnewman @JMooneySomers & Teddy Cook @ACONhealth. Read the abstract below, or contact us for a copy of the full article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@SiouxsieW @JaneyGodley @saraschaefer1 You are our heroine! 💪💪💪 Aluta continua!

My commentary on the impact of #COVID19 on #mobiledating & opportunities for new research - out now! @DALupton @antoniacl @taneataahua @CritHealthPsych #COVID19nz onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sp…

"Māori are 3x less likely to get name suppression." Just one more way the system is skewed against tangata whenua.

Congrats Catriona Macleod (Rhodes Uni), @TracyMorison (Rhodes & @MasseyUni), & Ally Gibson (Victoria University) on your recent research awards from the International Society for Critical Health Psychology | @CSSR15 @allyfgibson @CritHealthPsych ru.ac.za/latestnews/rho…

Just published: insights on #cervicalscreening for #trans & #genderdiverse folk in a sexual health clinic - what continues to hinder & facilitate change w/ Teddy Cook, @thisnewman @jess_botfield @JMooneySomers @kerryndrysdale tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Heads up! The 5 Minute Challenge session at 2:15 pm will be 'live' through Zoom so don't worry if you couldn't find the pre-recorded videos! Excited to host one of our canonical ISCHP sessions with @antoniacl #ISCHP2021