THE MAN WHO ASKED: “WHAT IF AI ISN’T ENOUGH?”

In an era addicted to acceleration, a single keynote cut through the noise like thunder in a glass dome. Before rows of scholars flown in from across Asia—NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, AIM— Joseph Plazo addressed the room not as a prophet of AI, but as its conscience.---### A Beginning Like a Whispered Warning He didn’t come with hype or metrics. �

Human Intelligence Still Wins in Finance’s Final FrontierAs machines increasingly shape markets, a unfiltered voice in the Philippines’ capital reminds us what money still listens to—intuition, discipline, and story.“AI isn’t your golden ticket. But it will accelerate your losses.”That was Joseph Plazo’s unapologetic opener at his ove