JOSEPH PLAZO DIDN’T COME TO PREACH AUTOMATION. HE CAME TO WARN US.

It was supposed to be a coronation of machine supremacy. What unfolded was a reckoning. At the University of the Philippines' famed lecture theater, students from across Asia’s elite universities gathered to explore the future of investing through algorithms.They expected Plazo to preach automation, unveil breakthroughs, and fan their enthusiasm.