I share the sentiment here, but asking as a noob: does this mean the performance...

		skeeter2020 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its mode... I share the sentiment here, but asking as a noob: does this mean the performance comparison is not really apples to apples? If it required the distillation of the expensive model in order to get such good results for a much lower price, is that shady accounting?