Maybe so, but I still am unsure how the words `heavier' and `thicker' can apply to a software function. Is it maybe a way of saying more computationally intens

Maybe so, but I still am unsure how the words `heavier' and `thicker' can apply to a software function. Is it maybe a way of saying more computationally intense or more layers in a neural network? It could be a non-native speaker, but to me those adjectives only really apply to physical things. I'm not sure.