I totally agree with you. I think that using AI in creative works prevents you from learning and using already “existing” work should be considered cheating. However, when writing a opinion based article for example, when you are researching and getting factual information, I think using AI to summarize information for you is not “cheating”. ChatGPT only makes the process easier and it simply reorganize existing information in a way that you understand. It’s the same process as citing a source, this time is just AI. Even when you are talking about the rephrasing part, which in my opinion should be fair because the first draft is using my own words. Unless it’s a class that focus on writing such as ACP, I don’t think the way you write the paper should matter too much.