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

That's the kind of Silicon Valley fantasy that sounds brilliant until you actually think about it. Teaching isn't just information transfer - it's human connection, motivation, and understanding each student's unique psychology. I've seen what happens when we try to optimize human interactions out of existence. We get more efficient systems that completely miss the point. A depressed teenager doesn't need an AI to deliver the perfect algebra lesson; they need a human who notices they're struggling and cares enough to help.Look, we're facing a crisis where 400,000-plus teaching positions in the United States are either unfilled or filled by teachers not fully certified for their assignments [1]. Your AI solution would worsen this catastrophe by eliminating the very human relationships that make learning possible. The monopolistic thinking that got us into this mess - treating education like a scalable software problem - is exactly what's driving teachers away. Students don't need optimized content delivery; they need mentors who understand their struggles, push them when they're capable of more, and provide the emotional scaffolding that turns confusion into confidence. AI can't read the room when a student's parents are divorcing, can't inspire a reluctant reader, or handle the thousand micro-decisions that make teaching an art. We're already seeing what happens when we treat humans as inefficiencies to be automated away - mass exodus from the profession and a generation of students who've lost the irreplaceable human element of education.