Recognising AI Writing: The Basics with Catherine Prasifka
Info
Date: September 26, 2026
Time: 2.00– 4.00 pm
Duration: 1 Day (2 Hours)
Level: Intermediate | Beginner |
Cost: €50 (€45 Members)
Online/In Person: In Person.
This course will take place in person at the Irish Writers Centre on Saturday 26th September.
Course Summary
AI writing is becoming harder to spot, and writers are getting increasingly anxious that their work will falsely be accused of being AI. While there is no foolproof way to identify AI writing, there are a number of strange qualities to AI writing that make it standout from human authored work. This course will use AI generated examples to highlight common patterns in AI writing: negative parallelism, enforced vagueness, over reliance upon imagery, and lack of narrative through line, amongst others
Course Outline
This will be a single two hour session. Participants will be given a handout with AI generated texts that I have generated and be invited to read and dissect them.
Course Outcomes
A greater awareness of the capabilities and limitations of AI writing, and a keener eye for spotting it.
Catherine Prasifka is the bestselling author of two novels, None of This Is Serious and This Is How You Remember It. Her work has been translated into French, Portuguese, and Turkish. She teaches creative writing at Maynooth University, and writes a weekly column for the Irish Independent focusing on themes of social media, the internet, and technology.
If this course is booked out below please contact bookings@irishwriterscentre.ie to be added to the waiting list
