At a time when speed and data seduce even the wise, Joseph Plazo offered something rare: pause. 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 offer promises. He offered paradox.“
While the world leans harder on algorithms, a single keynote cut through the noise like thunder in a glass dome. On a humid morning in Manila’s premier lecture theatre, Joseph Plazo addressed the room not as a prophet of AI, but as its conscience.---### His First Sentence Wasn’t Loud, But It Shook the Walls He didn’t come with hype or me
The mood was electric, the room expectant. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM expected another chapter in AI’s victory lap.But that’s not what they got.---### A Maverick’s First Word Felt Like a Warning BellPlazo didn’t bring slides. He didn’t