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They came with reverence in their eyes and code on their minds. Inside the intellectual sanctum of the University of the Philippines, students who topped their fields in AI, economics, and data science 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 Wa