Sam Altman addresses RAM comments: people should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spent election night defending his stance on PC RAM purchases. He changed his name on X to “Ram Altman” in reply to another user’s comment, saying, “i really do desire the earth to have lots of recollection and group to put as much as they desire in their computers, and it is fucking annoying that this was taken out of context. i have been arguing for the earth to ramp up recollection manufacturing for a lengthy time.”

He replied to another comment, saying, “i desire you to have so much ram lets build more.”

Altman’s posts prosecute an discussion on the Cheeky Pint podcast, anywhere he stated “it’s fairly awful to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s constricted provision of DRAM sitting in their own device and being used five percent of the time.” AI data centers have been snapping up the world’s RAM supply, driving shortages that are foremost to tech cost hikes and making it durable for many group to “have so much ram” akin Altman says he wants. The RAM deficit power not let up anytime soon, either — Intel’s expecting it to final through at smallest next year, and SK Hynix predicted it could drag on until 2030.