I don't think model code is a big deal compared to the idea. If public can recognize the value of idea 11 months ago, they could implement the code quickly because there are so much smart engineers in AI field.
If the hundred dollar bill was in an accessible place and the fact of its existence had been transmitted to interested parties worldwide, then yeah, the economist would probably be right.
Student: Look, a well known financial expert placed what could potentially be a hundred dollar bill on the ground, other well-known financial experts just leave it there!
Well we have the idea and the next best thing to official code, but if this was a big revelation where are all of the Titan models? If this were public, I think we'd have a few attempts at variants (all of the Mamba SSMs, etc.) and get a better sense if this is valuable or not.