AI IS SMART—BUT IT’S STILL NOT CONSCIOUS

One man dared to cool the AI fever, Joseph Plazo offered a sober warning to a roomful of future market leaders with a message few in the tech elite are willing to confront: Speed and scale are not substitutes for discernment.**MANILA —** On a thick Thursday morning in the wood-paneled halls of the AIM campus, Plazo eschewed celebration. His audie

Amid rising AI euphoria, one voice stood apart, investment technologist Joseph Plazo unsettled a roomful of Asia’s top students with a message few in the tech elite are willing to confront: Speed and scale are not substitutes for discernment.**MANILA —** On a thick Thursday morning in the wood-paneled halls of the AIM campus, Plazo eschewed cel