While the world leans harder on algorithms, Joseph Plazo offered something rare: pause. Before rows of scholars flown in from across Asia—NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, AIM— Joseph Plazo spoke not to impress, but to interrupt.---### The Opening Line That Changed the Atmosphere He didn’t offer promises. He offered paradox.“AI can beat the market. B
At a time when speed and data seduce even the wise, one voice dared to ask: what gets lost when we stop thinking for ourselves? On a humid morning in Manila’s premier lecture theatre, Joseph Plazo addressed the room not as a prophet of AI, but as its conscience.---### His First Sentence Wasn’t Loud, But It Shook the WallsNo slides. No start
Speaking to a room filled with the next generation of quant geniuses, Joseph Plazo didn’t pitch the next great bot—he questioned what we’ve lost already.PHILIPPINES — he pressed pause on the future everyone’s racing toward.“If you hand your portfolio to a machine,” he said, “make sure it knows what you stand for.”???? **Joseph Pla