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Asia’s brightest gathered for revelation, not resistance. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, students who topped their fields in AI, economics, and data science expected another chapter in AI’s victory lap.But what they received hit harder than any forecast.---### A Maverick’s First Word Felt Like a Warnin

They came with reverence in their eyes and code on their minds. Within UP’s hallowed halls in Manila, a collection of future technocrats and quant prodigies were eager to witness Joseph Plazo unleash the future.But that’s not what they got.---### The Codebreaker Who Broke the Narrative Plazo didn’t bring slides. There were no metrics to ga