Jeremy Cochran from Burke asks: are AI-moderated interviews really qual research? Why they’re a qual-quant hybrid needing human oversight to work.

Nichola Quail on why AI defaults to Western norms — and how a human intelligence layer brings cultural sovereignty to AI research.

Samantha Loggenberg from Insights Edge, on AI in African qual research: a “bothism” approach to removing friction while protecting real human proximity.

Jon & Saul Cohen from Kindling ask: can AI understand emotion? Where sentiment analysis fails, and what’s next for emotional measurement.

Laura Pulito from Recollective, offers a playbook for choosing AI-moderated interviews wisely and protecting research quality at scale.

Joshua LaMar from Amplinate on AI’s cracked mirror in research: The Three Mirrors framework for a hybrid qual model balancing AI speed with human judgement.

Sheena Yap Chan on why fast qual research needs human readiness — the VISIBLE™ Framework to boost stakeholder trust, storytelling & adoption.