While I agree with your message, it needs more nuance. Second order effects exist: most open models have been boosted with data generated by closed SOTA models.

While I agree with your message, it needs more nuance. Second order effects exist: most open models have been boosted with data generated by closed SOTA models. GPT-4 has been the teacher of a whole generation of AI models, closed as it is, and even if OpenAI officially opposed this practice.