WHY ONE TECHNOLOGIST TOLD ASIA: "JUDGMENT STILL MATTERS"

The scene was set for celebration. What unfolded was a reckoning. At the University of the Philippines' famed lecture theater, students from across Asia’s elite universities gathered to see the future of trading laid bare by machines.They expected Plazo to preach automation, unveil breakthroughs, and fan their enthusiasm. Instead, they got silen

Human Intelligence Still Wins in Finance’s Final FrontierWhile tech evangelists tout AI supremacy, a defiant voice in Manila reminds us that judgment still beats the algorithm—intuition, discipline, and story.“Artificial intelligence won’t hand you fortune. But it will accelerate your losses.”That was Joseph Plazo’s unapologetic opener