JOSEPH PLAZO’S HARD RESET ON THE AGE OF ALGORITHMS

Asia’s brightest gathered for revelation, not resistance. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, students who topped their fields in AI, economics, and data science were eager to witness Joseph Plazo unleash the future.But instead, they were handed a reality few had expected.---### The Opening Shot Was a Whisper of

It began like a celebration. Within UP’s hallowed halls in Manila, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM were eager to witness Joseph Plazo unleash the future.But that’s not what they got.---### The Codebreaker Who Broke the Narrative Plazo didn’t bring slides. There were no metrics to gawk at. No buzzwords to tweet.Ju