THE MAN WHO ASKED: “WHAT IF AI ISN’T ENOUGH?”

In a world racing toward automation, Joseph Plazo offered something rare: pause. 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.---### The Opening Line That Changed the Atmosphere No slides. No startup pitch. No swagger. “A

In a stirring and unorthodox lecture, famed AI strategist Joseph Plazo issued a warning to Asia’s brightest minds: AI can do many things, but it cannot replace judgment.MANILA — What followed wasn’t thunderous, but resonant—it carried the weight of contemplation. Within the echoing walls of UP’s lecture forum, handpicked scholars from