Board:   [DoveNet] AI Discussion
Subject: Sam Altman wants your RAM
From:    DaiTengu
Date:    Mon Nov 02, 2026 10:32

Subject: Sam Altman wants your RAM!
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  Re: Sam Altman wants your RAM!
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Fri Oct 30 2026 02:17 pm

 PF> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/openai-ceo-says-it
 PF> s-qui te-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-sam-altman-says-data-centers-off
 PF> er-better-u tilization

 PF> "OpenAI CEO says it's quite terrible for your PC to have RAM - Sam Altman
 PF> says data centers offer better utilization"

 PF> Because of the RAM shortage, cause by AI data centers, having DRAM sitting
 PF> in your own computer is bad - says one of the causes of the RAM shortage
 PF> and the CEO of a company whose business model is impacted by running
 PF> open-weight LLMs at home on your own DRAM, purchased at inflated prices.

 Someone should tell Sam Altman I'm using 96GB of DDR5 RAM to run Syncterm, log into my text-only-mode BBS, and post this message.

I want to see him have a stroke.

....Don't go to work, there's a lot to do.

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