A non-academic* take on James Joyce’s Ulysses.

(*more Simpsons references than Joyce’s text)

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Bloomsday 2025 Live Show

16 June 2025

6:30 - 7:30 PM

James Joyce Centre, Dublin

Could an AI Write Ulysses?

Kelly Bryan and Dermot O Connor of the Blooms & Barnacles podcast discuss Ulysses through the lens of current generative AI technology. Could a chatbot become the 21st century's James Joyce? Maybe not, but could AI at least help us analyse and understand Joyce's work better? In this discussion, Kelly and Dermot explore the artistic use case for generative AI and what it tells us about the future of creativity and literature.

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