Yes, totally agree that they are primarily directly cheating themselves. But it also indirectly cheats their peers who are being surpassed by the cheating stud

Yes, totally agree that they are primarily directly cheating themselves. But it also indirectly cheats their peers who are being surpassed by the cheating students (at least in school). Similarly for cheating in interviews. Unfortunately the cheating students can cause a race to the bottom where the non-cheating students are pressured to cheat in order to keep up. This pressure to cheat to keep up can become an even bigger issue if teachers try to make tests longer or harder, whether to challenge the cheaters, or if the teachers don't recognize that LLMs are being used.