2025/11/03 by Duc Cuong Nguyen, David T. Nguyen, Catherine Welch · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Qualitative Research Methods and Applications #Computational and Text Analysis Methods #Critical Realism in Sociology
paper · doi:10.1177/00076503251386539
We argue that placing a generative artificial intelligence model between qualitative researchers and their subjects of inquiry fundamentally displaces and distorts the conditions under which meaningful and epistemologically sound knowledge can emerge. We further argue that such mediation raises ethical implications that are incompatible with the principles of responsible research that underpin business and society scholarship.