AI insiders privately respect Chinese models and researchers, despite public narrative
menhguin · x · 2026-11-05
An AI practitioner observes that people doing the actual work privately respect China: they admit Chinese models are good, Chinese researchers contribute meaningfully to science, and Chinese factories are highly competent. Gaps remain from catch-up mode, and the industry benchmaxxes, but competence is acknowledged. The author adds that 'mystical creative sauce' is only a public narrative — unlike Europe, Japan, Russia, and China, Americans lack a default acceptance that their civilization can be second place.
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