Is This Cheating?

Which of these do you think would be using AI to "cheat?"

Read the scenario below. Decide if you think Leo is totally fine with his use of AI, cheating a little, mostly cheating, or totally cheating.
Meet Leo. It’s 8:00 PM on a Sunday. He has a 1,000-word essay due tomorrow on the Causes of the American Revolution. He knows the facts, but he’s staring at a blank screen and panicking because he doesn't know how to start.

Leo goes to an AI and types: "Give me a detailed 5-paragraph outline for an essay on the causes of the American Revolution."

The AI gives him the structure: Introduction, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, and Conclusion. It even gives him bullet points for what to say in each section. Leo then spends two hours writing the actual sentences himself, using his textbook for the details, but following the AI's plan exactly.

Is this using AI to "cheat?"

Sam is tired and has a soccer game in an hour. He takes a photo of his chemistry worksheet and tells the AI, "Solve these 5 problems and show all the work so I can copy it into my notebook." The AI provides the step by step work and the final answers. Sam carefully hand-writes everything the AI produced into his own notebook so it looks like he did the work himself. He doesn't look at the numbers: he just copies them.

Is this using AI to "cheat?"

Sam finishes all his chemistry problems on his own. Before turning them in, he scans his page and asks the AI, "Check my work for any math errors."

The AI points out that in problem #3, he multiplied when he should have divided. Sam sees the mistake, understands why he was wrong, and fixes the answer before submitting his homework.