“AI May Predict the Market—But Only Humans Can Prevent a Crash”
“AI May Predict the Market—But Only Humans Can Prevent a Crash”
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On stage before the algorithm generation, Joseph Plazo—founder of the AI-led fund Plazo Sullivan Roche—delivered a speech that broke the rhythm of the room.
Inside a packed auditorium at the Asian Institute of Management, he pressed pause on the future everyone’s racing toward.
“Trading can be delegated. Integrity cannot.”
???? **When the Architect Rings the Alarm, Listen.**
He isn’t a luddite dressed in pinstripes. His systems reportedly post a near-flawless trade history in volatile markets. Institutions from Zurich to Singapore use his tech to move millions.
And that’s why his words matter.
“Speed is not a virtue when it lacks vision.”
He shared a chilling moment: one of his bots suggested shorting gold in March 2020—right before the Fed’s emergency intervention.
“We stopped it. It read the chart. But not the crisis.”
???? **Friction Isn’t a Flaw. It’s a Filter.**
Top managers are whispering what Plazo said out loud: we’re getting fast, but dumber.
“You don’t just need models. You need margins—for thought.”
He introduced his framework: **Conviction Calculus**.
Three questions. Every trade. Every time:
- Does this align with our values—or just our targets?
- Is this idea supported by real-world insight—market sentiment, chatter, memory?
- Will we blame the bot or accept the blame?
???? **In the Race for Fintech Glory, Ethics Is Getting Trampled**
Governments are banking on fintech. VCs are chasing machine learning.
Plazo put it plainly:
“Code moves faster than conscience.”
Real world shocks still beat machine learning. Every time.
“We’re sprinting into complexity with machines that don’t understand stories.”
???? **His Vision: Narrative-Aware AI**
Plazo isn’t giving up on AI.
His firm is building what he website calls **narrative-integrated systems**—machines that weigh data *and* intent. That read not just the chart, but the climate.
“It’s not enough to copy a hedge fund’s tactics. We need systems that know when not to trade.”
At a private dinner that evening, investors from Tokyo and Jakarta leaned in. One called Plazo’s talk:
“A roadmap for post-algorithm capitalism.”
???? **The Warning No Model Can Predict**
Plazo ended with a sentence that should be engraved on every trading desk:
“It won’t be chaos. It’ll be silence. Executed flawlessly.”
Not a whisper of doom—but a call for direction.
And in a world of noise, that stillness? That’s what leadership sounds like.