They're not even remotely the same.
If I voted for Shitler by not voting for Holocaust Harris, did I also vote for Holocaust Harris by not voting for Shitler? Infinite vote glitch unlocked!
It is concerning that you do not understand that not voting enabled Trump. You're a lost cause.
No? An essay is a test, not a proof of intelligence. Humans tend to do the minimal effort on things they dislike. If the task is not something we are interested in, we will tend to do the minimum needed to accomplish the task. That's not being stupid. What is stupid is forcing humans to do things they dislike.
We are perfectly capable to spend our mind on tasks we are interested in. AI just makes it easier to be lazy on shit we don't care about.
This is about effort, not intelligence. The article, like 99% of news articles these days, finds a shocking headline that is not supported by research (no serious research will associate effort spent on an essay with intelligence), and is happy with the high number of people it pleases.