It began like a celebration. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM expected another chapter in AI’s victory lap.But that’s not what they got.---### A Maverick’s First Word Felt Like a Warning BellPlazo didn’t bring slides. He didn’t open with res
Asia’s brightest gathered for revelation, not resistance. Within UP’s hallowed halls in Manila, students who topped their fields in AI, economics, and data science waited to hear Joseph Plazo’s vision of tomorrow.But what they received hit harder than any forecast.---### The Opening Shot Was a Whisper of Doubt Plazo didn’t bring slides. H
The mood was electric, the room expectant. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, students who topped their fields in AI, economics, and data science waited to hear Joseph Plazo’s vision of tomorrow.But what they received hit harder than any forecast.---### A Maverick’s First Word Felt Like a Warning BellPlazo d
They came with reverence in their eyes and code on their minds.At the University of the Philippines’ grand auditorium, a collection of future technocrats and quant prodigies waited to hear Joseph Plazo’s vision of tomorrow.But instead, they were handed a reality few had expected.---### The Opening Shot Was a Whisper of Doubt Plazo didn’t bri