I asked how they developed the ideas.

After a brief pause, the student replied candidly: "I mostly used AI. I only edited it a bit."

The student was not lazy. This was not cheating in the traditional sense, it was a practical choice in this era.

So how are we, the people who design the education system, responding?

Many of my colleagues worry that AI will "take away jobs." That concern is valid. But a more unsettling question is not whether AI is replacing human work. It is that AI is exposing something universities have avoided confronting: Much of the knowledge we teach and test, AI already handles, often faster and more accurately.