> The issue is not whether my students are valuable. In the long run, they are invaluable. The issue is that their value emerges slowly, whereas AI delivers immediate returns.

This is like the classic "I'll do it myself because its quicker".

In the current environment and likely more so into the future, those that hire and develop graduates skills are going to be looked at more favorably. Furthermore, the people you work with and coach become peers and typically help build a network of people who can bat for you.

It's tricky and its a balancing act and I appreciate that AI is becoming the easier quicker less fuss option