WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A GENIUS ASKED: “CAN YOUR MODEL FEEL FEAR?”

While the world leans harder on algorithms, Joseph Plazo offered something rare: pause. Before rows of scholars flown in from across Asia—NUS, Kyoto, HKUST, AIM— Joseph Plazo addressed the room not as a prophet of AI, but as its conscience.---### A Beginning Like a Whispered Warning No slides. No startup pitch. No swagger. “AI can beat the