JOSEPH PLAZO’S RADICAL TAKE ON THE LIMITS OF INTELLIGENCE—ARTIFICIAL AND OTHERWISE

Everyone expected triumph. But what happened instead left the audience reeling. In the sunlit academic halls of UP Diliman, Asia’s brightest students—engineers, economists, AI researchers—converged to explore the future of investing through algorithms.They expected Plazo to preach automation, unveil breakthroughs, and fan their enthusiasm. T

In a stirring and unorthodox lecture, financial technologist Joseph Plazo issued a warning to the next generation of investors: judgment and intuition remain irreplaceable.MANILA — The ovation at the end wasn’t routine—it echoed with the sound of reevaluation. Inside the University of the Philippines’ grand lecture hall, students from Asia