‘A Farewell to School’: Bing AI Chatbot Reimagines a Scene from ‘Reunion’ as Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to School

Microsoft’s OpenAI/Bing Chatbot, in the style of Ernest Hemingway

First in a Series of Reimagined Versions of This Scene

I gave the yearbook to Ann Saroyan. She was a cheerleader. Not anymore. She wanted me to sign it. I wrote: To Ann Saroyan: You were good in English. It was all right. Jim. I closed the yearbook and gave it back.

Ann Saroyan – she wore regular clothes; I never saw her like that – smiled. Her eyes were hazel. They were bright. “Thanks, Jim,” she said. She gave me my yearbook. She wrote: Good luck. Ann Saroyan, Class of ’83.

“Thank you,” I said. I closed my yearbook.

Ann smiled again. She was pretty. I stayed there for a while. It was strange to see her in jeans and a shirt. She was nice. She kissed me on the cheek. “Goodbye, Jim,” she said. She looked at the clock. She took her things and left. She wanted more signatures.

I watched her go. The classroom was empty. Mrs. DeVargas was gone. She had to grade exams. She went to the office. I took my backpack. I put my yearbook in it. I left the classroom.

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