Yesterday, I came across this message (in French) on Twitter. Because the person who shared it isn’t named Éléonore, I assume she didn’t write it herself. So I went looking. Call it an obsession. I found the same message a few times, including on Facebook , but also a similar message from a certain Claire on Instagram:

Remarkably, the lady is also 41, but, with all due respect, she looks much older. Education can do something to a person, that is clear. That is also the case with Elonore, by the way.

I can’t say with 100% certainty, but I think this is just AI junk. The detector I used , as well as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, certainly agreed with me. Eleonore’s photo is probably AI too, by the way . Claire’s as well.

We already knew that AI can create such texts (and images). What is particularly striking is that so many people seem to spontaneously believe them and share them as if they were authentic testimonies.

Even though the text is actually constructed almost too perfectly. The unmotivated students. The overprotective parents. The courageous teacher who “dares to tell the truth.” The quiet model student who suddenly formulates a profound insight. And then, of course, the moral denouement in which everyone learns something about responsibility. Oh, Captain, my Captain.

It reads less like a real classroom experience and more like a pedagogical parable for social media. And honestly, that is exactly what generative AI has become very good at by now. Not necessarily writing correct texts. But producing texts that feel like they could be true. Emotionally relatable. Shareable. Slightly indignant. With just enough “finally someone is saying it” to go viral.

It understands how to build a story that perfectly taps into frustrations many people already have: parents who are too protective, students who don’t take responsibility, and schools that supposedly have to solve everything.

But just because such synthetic authenticity fits your confirmation bias doesn’t mean it is real.

My name is Pedro. I am 51 years old. I have been teaching for more than 25 years.

And this morning, something happened that made me realise how far we have come.