THE MAN WHO TOLD ASIA’S SMARTEST STUDENTS: “THINK TWICE ABOUT AI” WHAT JOSEPH PLAZO SAID THAT MADE FUTURE LEADERS STOP CHEERING THE MAN WHO TOLD ASIA’S SMARTEST STUDENTS: “THINK TWICE ABOUT AI”

It began like a celebration. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, students who topped their fields in AI, economics, and data science waited to hear Joseph Plazo’s vision of tomorrow.But what they received hit harder than any forecast.---### The Opening Shot Was a Whisper of Doubt Plazo didn’t bring slides. He