By Feature Report by the Forbes Innovation Team
What if someone created a market cheat code—and then uploaded it for the world to use?
Hong Kong, 2025 — Inside a lecture hall at the University of Hong Kong, Joseph Plazo prepared to blow the minds of finance's future.
The room froze as one command line appeared—quietly holding the blueprint of financial warfare.
“This,” he said, pausing, “is the core of the system that beat every market it touched.”
Then he added: “And you’re going to improve it.”
## The Code That Outplayed Wall Street
Plazo’s AI took 12 years, 72 failed iterations, and millions in research funding to perfect.
This isn’t technical analysis. It’s behavioral anticipation at machine scale.
It processes voice inflection, tweet patterns, derivatives, newsfeeds—then acts.
“We built a machine to sense fear before it echoes in the charts,” he adds.
The results? Astonishing.
It dodged crashes. Nailed rallies. Some weeks, it never lost.
System 72 wasn’t just smart. It was surgical.
## Then Came the Twist
Sitting in his boardroom, he made a decision no financier expected.
“I’m releasing the core engine to the public,” he told his team.
Silence. Then disbelief. Then resistance.
He wasn’t licensing the code. He wasn’t monetizing it. He was giving away the brain of the most profitable AI in finance.
“It’s not a trade secret. It’s a foundation,” he said.
## The Educational Revolution That Followed
In days, academic labs began rewriting what AI could do with the System 72 core.
Singaporean students created trading bots. In Taipei, it powered disaster simulations. In Seoul, it optimized electric grid forecasting.
“This could be AI’s Gutenberg moment,” one Singapore professor claimed.
Even the IMF quietly requested a trial.
## Critics, Controversy, and the Ethics of Genius
Naturally, the elite weren’t thrilled.
“He’s playing with fire,” said a Wall Street analyst.
But Plazo didn’t blink.
“You don’t blame the scalpel,” he said. “You train the hand.”
You can access the mind. You here still need to build the body.
“We gave the world the brain,” he said. “Now let’s see who builds the best nervous system.”
## Real Stories from the Ground
A mother in the Philippines built a tech business after studying the open-source code.
Vietnamese undergrads used the model to stabilize food market risk.
“This gave us hope,” said a 21-year-old student in India.
## The Philosophy That Powers the Gift
When asked why he did it, Plazo’s answer was simple: “Power should compound, not consolidate.”
Knowledge is infrastructure—not a luxury item.
“What scares me isn’t misuse—it’s missed opportunity,” he explained.
## Conclusion: The Joystick Is Yours Now
He surveys the room—young minds, old dreams, and new tools.
“Markets were my test bed,” he says. “Empowerment is the real product.”
In a data-driven age, he opened the source of brilliance.
And somewhere, a kid is writing the next version of System 72—because now, they can.