I never got the issue with tech being “stolen”. Free exchange of information almost always helps everyone. The only class it doesn’t help is the capitalist class, which wants rent extraction by gatekeeping human advancements.
There are a great many things to criticise the Chinese state for. Allegedly “stealing tech” or “stealing western IP” however, has to be one of the weakest criticisms (even if it’s actually happening).
My dad brings this up when China comes up in conversation and I’m always just like “yeah, and…?” Like if we’re so smart why are they the ones with bullet trains and solar panels and not us?
And in the case of AI models it’s straight up deranged to act like China is “stealing” from the US because US corporations trained those models on stolen data to begin with
I never got the issue with tech being “stolen”. Free exchange of information almost always helps everyone. The only class it doesn’t help is the capitalist class, which wants rent extraction by gatekeeping human advancements.
There are a great many things to criticise the Chinese state for. Allegedly “stealing tech” or “stealing western IP” however, has to be one of the weakest criticisms (even if it’s actually happening).
My dad brings this up when China comes up in conversation and I’m always just like “yeah, and…?” Like if we’re so smart why are they the ones with bullet trains and solar panels and not us?
And in the case of AI models it’s straight up deranged to act like China is “stealing” from the US because US corporations trained those models on stolen data to begin with