Computational Social Science & Humanities at Aalborg University
MASSHINE

MASSHINE workshop: you and the machine code the same transcript

You'll code a shared transcript. The machine will code the same transcript. Then, we'll spend the last hour on the places where you disagree with it and the question of who is right.

Individual interview traces converging into an aggregate distribution, with several traces remaining outside it.
Date
Tue 23 Sep 2026
Time
12:00–15:30 CEST
lunch from 12:00
Location
AAU, Innovate
room follows by email
Onsite
15 spots
hybrid from 13:00

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Optional. Specific skepticism is useful to us in a way that agreement is not, so this genuinely shapes the session.

Programme

12:00Lunch, informal start
12:45What MASSHINE is, and what we're asking of you
13:00Walkthrough of the prototype and summer comparisons
13:30Hands-on: You and the machine code the same transcript
14:30Coffee
14:45Adjudication: Where the codes diverge, and what that tells us
15:30Close. Next steps, and who wants to stay involved

Practicalities

You'll receive the transcript and a short guide by September 18. Please read the transcript beforehand. The prototype runs in the browser, so bring a laptop (Chrome or Firefox). No prior experience with AI tools is needed.

Interpretive authority stays with the researcher. That's a design commitment: the tool is built around adjudication, which only works if there are people willing to disagree with it competently.