THE THOUGHT THAT FROZE A THOUSAND MINDS

In a world racing toward automation, one voice dared to ask: what gets lost when we stop thinking for ourselves? At the University of the Philippines, in a hall steeped in tradition and ambition, Joseph Plazo took the stage not as an evangelist of machines, but as their translator.---### The Opening Line That Changed the Atmosphere No slides. No

Asia’s brightest gathered for revelation, not resistance. 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 what they received hit harder than any forecast.---### A Maverick’s First Word Felt Like a Warning BellPla