Technology is, in the broadest sense, mind or intelligence or purpose blending with nature.
To expect alien technology to be just a few decades ahead of ours is too incredible to be taken seriously.
It's worth remembering that all technology leaves a footprint. For example, our own technology is leaving a footprint in terms of global warming, which could be detected from a long way away. One assumes that a very advanced civilization that has been around maybe millions and millions of years would have an even bigger footprint that might extend beyond its planet to its immediate astronomical environment.
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