A Gen Z founder and Stanford alum argued at Fortune Brainstorm AI that younger learners treat AI not as a tool but as a native language—what she called ‘AI fluency’—and warned that educators must adapt assessments and instruction accordingly. Kiara Nirghin said using AI agents to offload menial tasks allows students to probe complex subjects more deeply, not less. Her comments put pressure on higher education leaders to rethink academic integrity policies, assessment design, and scaffolding of critical thinking when AI agents are in widespread use. The shift alters expectations for coding, research assignments, and writing tasks, and suggests faculty need new guardrails and pedagogical frameworks. Universities should consider coordinated faculty development, revised learning outcomes, and transparent AI-use policies to harness students’ fluency while preserving rigorous evaluation standards.