BEYOND THE ALGORITHM: INSIDE JOSEPH PLAZO’S WAKE-UP CALL TO ASIA’S BRIGHTEST MINDS ON THE MISSING ELEMENT IN AI

In a bold and sobering address, financial technologist Joseph Plazo issued a reality check to the academic elite: there are frontiers even AI cannot cross.MANILA — The ovation at the end wasn’t routine—it echoed with the sound of reevaluation. Inside the University of the Philippines’ grand lecture hall, handpicked scholars from across