I don't think using AI is cheating, it is just another tool. In programming we used something called Intellisense for over ten years which basically suggests what we should type next. Is that cheating or was using Google to look up code snippets to incorporate in your software is that cheating? These days we use ChatGPT to look up potential solutions and those same code snippets, to me it is all just an evolution of tools.

The more sophisticated usage of AI can bring bigger results and that is potentially a big boost for development of science and technology. There also implications in the job market, but we cannot stop it so we have to adapt. Our human nature is to react with fear to any kind of change, but instead we should embrace and adopt it or risk being a horse carriage driver in the age of an automobile...