Socrates and AI

How AI Has Transformed My Story-Finding Method

After more than 40 years in the research and insights world, I thought I had fine-tuned my approach to finding the story in the data. Indeed, I have been teaching courses on story finding for over 20 years. However, the rise of Generative AI has caused me to redesign my methods and to adopt an AI-enhanced Socratic Method.

Exploring the Interaction of Language and ChatGPT

Ray Poynter, 28 June 2025 With Noriko Kishida (Japan), Tomoko Yoshida (Japan), Dangjaithawin (Orm) Anantachai (Thailand), and Seyo Adeoye (Nigeria), we have created a discussion and note relating to an experiment we ran earlier this year, examining the interaction between […]

Ray and Digital Twin

Digital Twins for Research and Insights

Over the last year, there has been a growing interest in Digital Twins, which are virtual participants based on real individuals. In this note, I will outline what is happening, why it is happening, and share some key concerns that need to be considered.

Washing drying

How can we use ChatGPT to help us qualitatively analyse images?

Currently, I am spending four weeks in Japan, a mix of work, including workshops and presentations, and leisure activities (such as hiking and running). Today I checked into an AirBNB in central Tokyo and washed some clothes, after spending the weekend running a marathon on the West coast of Japan. The apartment is tiny, so I hung the clothes in the combined bedroom and living room. I have some standard photos I use to demonstrate using ChatGPT for qual, but I thought I would add a new one, so I took the photo below and asked ChatGPT to analyse it.