Wahine Vara
Writer and journalist whose work includes reporting and books; discussed an experiment training AI on her writing and tested whether acquaintances could distinguish AI-generated text from her own.
Best podcasts with Wahine Vara
Ranked by the Snipd community
15 snips
May 13, 2026 • 26min
Is it a bad book or is it AI?
Wahine Vara, writer and journalist who trained an AI on her own prose to test recognition. Imogen Westknight, journalist and novelist who investigated a controversy over alleged AI-written fiction. They explore a pulled book scandal, how readers and platforms judge odd prose, limits of AI-detection, and an experiment where friends could not reliably tell AI from human writing.
