THE DAY ASIA’S BRIGHTEST MINDS WERE CONFRONTED BY A HARD TRUTH

Everyone expected triumph. Instead, it became a confrontation. At the University of the Philippines' famed lecture theater, delegates from NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM assembled to witness the gospel of AI in finance.They expected Plazo to reaffirm their belief that AI would rule the markets. Instead, they got silence, contradiction, and truth.---##

Human Intelligence Still Wins in Finance’s Final FrontierAs machines increasingly shape markets, a defiant 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 amplify your errors at scale.”That was Joseph Plazo’s blistering open