THE WARNING HEARD ACROSS ASIA’S TECH HALLS

The mood was electric, the room expectant. Within UP’s hallowed halls in Manila, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM expected another chapter in AI’s victory lap.But what they received hit harder than any forecast.---### A Maverick’s First Word Felt Like a Warning BellPlazo didn’t bring slides. There were no metric

Joseph Plazo’s Hard Truths to Asia’s Next Generation of InvestorsAs machines increasingly shape markets, a unfiltered voice in the Philippines’ capital reminds us what money still listens to—judgment, ethics, and gut.“Artificial intelligence won’t hand you fortune. But it will accelerate your losses.”That was Joseph Plazo’s blisteri