“‘IT WAS TECHNICALLY CORRECT, BUT MORALLY BLIND’: JOSEPH PLAZO’S WARNING TO ASIA’S FINANCIAL LEADERS”

At a regional summit of young minds trained in data and dollars, Joseph Plazo—founder of the algorithmic trading firm Plazo Sullivan Roche—broke the rhythm of praise for AI with a moment of reckoning.MANILA — Plazo didn’t talk about speed or scale.“If you hand over your portfolio to a machine,” he said, “you must ask: does it reflect

The mood was electric, the room expectant. Within UP’s hallowed halls in Manila, delegates from institutions like NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, and AIM waited to hear Joseph Plazo’s vision of tomorrow.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 no metrics