Earlier this month, Ohio State University unveiled its new “AI Fluency Program,” a campus-wide initiative designed to ensure that every student graduates fluent in artificial intelligence. Not merely familiar—fluent. The message is unmistakable: Using AI isn’t just permitted, it’s expected. Mastery of large language models is now a prerequisite for success, a kind of digital literacy for the age of optimization. As The New York Times recently noted, institutions from Duke to the University of Maryland to the California State University system are following suit, “embedding artificial intelligence tools in every facet of campus life.” Once considered a potential shortcut or cheat, generative AI is being recast as a mark of cutting-edge competence—less like sneaking notes under the table, more like learning a second language. In this brave new academic order, the AI-using student is no longer suspect, but the standard.
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