Has competition become overrated?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Has competition become overrated?". Your opponent's style: Peter Thiel

AI will replace teachers in the future

You're dreaming if you think silicon can replace the fundamental human connection that drives real learning. I've seen enough failed ed-tech startups to know that technology without human judgment is just expensive babysitting.Here's the reality check you desperately need: we're facing a catastrophic teacher shortage with over 400,000 unfilled or underqualified positions [1]. While you're fantasizing about AI tutors, real schools can't even find warm bodies to stand in front of classrooms. The competition for actual human teachers has become so fierce that districts are hiring unqualified people just to keep schools open. Special education, mathematics, and science positions remain chronically unfilled because no algorithm can replace the nuanced judgment needed to reach a struggling child or navigate a parent conference. Your AI replacement theory crumbles when you realize teaching isn't just content delivery - it's relationship building, crisis intervention, and real-time adaptation to thirty different learning styles simultaneously. The most sophisticated AI can't comfort a crying kindergartner, de-escalate a classroom conflict, or inspire a reluctant teenager to care about literature. The market has already spoken: if technology could truly replace teachers, venture capitalists would have solved the teacher shortage by now instead of watching it worsen year after year. Instead, we're seeing the opposite - desperate districts begging retired teachers to return and lowering certification standards just to fill positions. Human connection drives learning. Competition for quality educators proves their irreplaceable value, not their obsolescence.