WHAT JOSEPH PLAZO SAID THAT MADE FUTURE LEADERS STOP CHEERING WHEN JUDGMENT TOOK THE STAGE IN A WORLD OBSESSED WITH CODE THE WARNING HEARD ACROSS ASIA’S TECH HALLS

They came with reverence in their eyes and code on their minds. Within UP’s hallowed halls in Manila, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM expected another chapter in AI’s victory lap.But that’s not what they got.---### The Codebreaker Who Broke the Narrative Plazo didn’t bring slides. There were no metrics to gawk

It began like a celebration. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM expected another chapter in AI’s victory lap.But instead, they were handed a reality few had expected.---### The Opening Shot Was a Whisper of Doubt Plazo didn’t bring slides. There were