These people have no idea how much the world has changed, but it’s not just boomers either. A lot of people in tech still think that the US is ahead, and that China is just stealing from the west. There has been so much propaganda that it’s really hard for people to readjust their views. Also notable how the US just bans advanced Chinese tech like electric cars, phones, etc. So, a lot of time people don’t even have any frame of reference because they don’t see products from Chinese companies they can use. I suspect this is in part why there’s a bit of a panic over Chinese LLMs now because they show that China isn’t actually behind technologically.
These people have no idea how much the world has changed, but it’s not just boomers either. A lot of people in tech still think that the US is ahead, and that China is just stealing from the west. There has been so much propaganda that it’s really hard for people to readjust their views. Also notable how the US just bans advanced Chinese tech like electric cars, phones, etc. So, a lot of time people don’t even have any frame of reference because they don’t see products from Chinese companies they can use. I suspect this is in part why there’s a bit of a panic over Chinese LLMs now because they show that China isn’t actually behind technologically.