THE KEYNOTE THAT SHATTERED AI MYTHS IN MANILA

It was supposed to be a coronation of machine supremacy. Instead, it became a confrontation. At the University of the Philippines' famed lecture theater, students from across Asia’s elite universities gathered to witness the gospel of AI in finance.They expected Plazo to reaffirm their belief that AI would rule the markets. Instead, they got sil

In a bold and sobering address, fintech visionary Joseph Plazo challenged the assumptions of the academic elite: the future still belongs to humans who can think.MANILA — What followed wasn’t thunderous, but resonant—it reflected a deep, perhaps uneasy, resonance. Within the echoing walls of UP’s lecture forum, future leaders from NUS,