With the novelty having worn off, most students skipped the chatbot. But about a third took up Fairchild’s offer. “Hello, I am Elie Wiesel,” the chatbot began. The students’ questions tended toward the pragmatic: “how should I start my summary about Night by Elie Wiesel,” one boy wrote. The chatbot suggested a line: “‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel is a powerful memoir that recounts the author’s harrowing experiences during the Holocaust.”