JOSEPH PLAZO’S QUESTION THAT ECHOED BEYOND THE CODE

While the world leans harder on algorithms, one voice dared to ask: what gets lost when we stop thinking for ourselves? At the University of the Philippines, in a hall steeped in tradition and ambition, Joseph Plazo spoke not to impress, but to interrupt.---### A Beginning Like a Whispered Warning He didn’t come with hype or metrics. “AI can

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 — Plazo, best known for building AI that rarely loses, did something few expected: he urged a slowdown.“Your bot may understand signals. It doesn’t understand stakes.”????