WHAT AI CAN’T DO: A MANILA LECTURE SHAKES THE FINANCE WORLD

At a lecture hall in Manila, Joseph Plazo laid down the gauntlet on what AI can and cannot achieve for the future of finance—and why that distinction matters now more than ever.You could feel the electricity in the crowd. Students—some furiously taking notes, others capturing every word via livestream—waited for a man revered for blending cod

Human Intelligence Still Wins in Finance’s Final FrontierIn an age of algorithmic promises, a bold voice in Southeast Asia issues a sharp reminder that money still bends to human instinct—judgment, ethics, and gut.“Artificial intelligence won’t hand you fortune. But it will accelerate your losses.”That was Joseph Plazo’s blistering open