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Tim Hannigan
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Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization, University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management.
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As in, the over-claiming about AGI is an omnibus technology frame that is based in hype discourses. This is different from the careful use case-affordances-practice bundle that may emerge
June 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Isn’t this a key aspect in the emergence of a new technology? Working out the usecases and affordances, then connecting them with categories of practices? Seen in this light, hype begins as limitless possibilities
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Congratulations, this looks like a fantastic paper!
May 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Reposted by Tim Hannigan
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Our article, with Nga Than, Leanne Fan, @tinalaw.bsky.social and Leslie McCall @stone-lis.bsky.social, proposes a framework (image 2) to (carefully) incorporate LLMs into the qualitative coding process.

But read the entire issue, if it's your jam.

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Updating “The Future of Coding”: Qualitative Coding with Generative Large Language Models Nga Than, Leanne Fan, Tina Law, Laura K. Nelson, and Leslie McCall. Abstract Over the past decade, social scientists have adapted computational methods for qualitative text analysis, with the hope that they can match the accuracy and reliability of hand coding. The emergence of GPT and open-source generative large language models (LLMs) has transformed this process by shifting from programming to engaging with models using natural language, potentially mimicking the in-depth, inductive, and/or iterative process of qualitative analysis. We test the ability of generative LLMs to replicate and augment traditional qualitative coding, experimenting with multiple prompt structures across four closed- and open-source generative LLMs and proposing a workflow for conducting qualitative coding with generative LLMs. We find that LLMs can perform nearly as well as prior supervised machine learning models in accurately matching hand-coding output. Moreover, using generative LLMs as a natural language interlocutor closely replicates traditional qualitative methods, indicating their potential to transform the qualitative research process, despite ongoing challenges. Figure 1: Researcher-LLM-Researcher workflow. Circular diagram, starting at the top with Box 1: Design Coding Task (Researcher), moving clockwise to Box 2: Initial Text Classifiation (LLMs), going through high agreement to Validation (Researcher) and low agreement to Examine Ambiguous Cases (Researcher) in Box 3, then Box 4: Iterative Coding or Task Refinement (Researcher). Circling back to Box 1.
May 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
Congrats Carl, this course is a fantastic resource!
May 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
Great piece! One of the reasons that botshit can be so insidious is that it accelerates epistemic erosion in organizations and institutions
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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We’ve been tracking this phenomenon as “botshit” - it is a form of epistemic erosion in organizations. It’s increasingly common in practice. Speaks to a lack of oversight with gen AI tools (which can be helpful if used with care)
hbr.org/2024/07/the-...

Also,

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Risks of Botshit
Botshit — made-up, inaccurate, and untruthful chatbot content that humans uncritically use for tasks — can pose major risks to your business in the form of reputational damage, incorrect decisions, le...
hbr.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
Good to hear- this is one of the major pitfalls of using an otherwise fantastic language and programming environment. I’ve wasted hours on Python package management
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
Neat! The cycle of epidemic erosion is an important hazard to try to manage with programs. You might find this article that we wrote last year to be in line with your thinking: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Also, image courtesy of @toffeeman68.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Thanks @jc-marques.bsky.social , much appreciated
April 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
Ha! I love it
March 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Eurovision is a ride many Canadians would struggle to comprehend!
March 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
What a week in Canadian politics!
If you haven’t seen it yet, Althia Raj wrote a great column in this in the Toronto Star apple.news/AeG0-BNg4TjK...
Donald Trump has thrown a massive obstacle onto Pierre Poilievre's path to power — Toronto Star
The mercurial American president has given Canada's Conservative leader a lesson in what a difference a week can make in politics, Althia Raj writes.
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February 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
This is wonderful, thanks for sharing!
January 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Strange times we live in
January 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Thanks Maxim!
January 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Thanks! I'm glad our core argument resonates
January 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM