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The most popular viz at the start of 2023 is the model sizes/bubbles viz, and the latest version is available for download in PDF or PNG format at:
https://lifearchitect.ai/models/#model-bubbles
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Larger works that include a copyright notice shall remain copyrighted.
All courses are copyrighted, including paid and free courses.
All opt-in content, including The Memo, is copyrighted. This includes all PDFs found on the site, though you may still quote from these.
My books are copyrighted.
Moral rights
I am retaining the moral rights to my work. Moral rights include the right to attribution and the right to preserve the integrity of the work.
Alan D. Thompson
Phoenix, USA
January, 2023; minor clarifications August 2024
Photo: NYU Prof David Chalmers presents model sizes at a seminar at New York University. Visualization source: Dr Alan D. Thompson, LifeArchitect.ai (Aug/2022)
Photo: Harvard Prof Yesha Y. Sivan presents model sizes at a conference sponsored by Accenture. Visualization source: Dr Alan D. Thompson, LifeArchitect.ai (Dec/2022)
Photo: Machine learning pioneer Prof Sepp Hochreiter presents GPT sizes at the famous NeurIPS conference. Visualization source: Dr Alan D. Thompson, LifeArchitect.ai (Dec/2024)