WHEN MACHINES STOPPED THE APPLAUSE

In an era addicted to acceleration, one voice dared to ask: what gets lost when we stop thinking for ourselves? At the University of the Philippines, in a hall steeped in tradition and ambition, Joseph Plazo took the stage not as an evangelist of machines, but as their translator.---### His First Sentence Wasn’t Loud, But It Shook the WallsNo

In a bold and sobering address, AI trading pioneer Joseph Plazo challenged the assumptions of the academic elite: the future still belongs to humans who can think.MANILA — What followed wasn’t thunderous, but resonant—it reflected a deep, perhaps uneasy, resonance. At the packed University of the Philippines auditorium, future leaders fro