OpenAI's Sam Altman says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM
_BlackDove · reddit · 2026-10-31
Tom's Hardware reports OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called local RAM in personal PCs 'quite terrible,' arguing data centers offer far better memory utilization than idle sticks sitting in individual machines. The remark reignited the local vs cloud computing debate, with edge-AI advocates pointing to privacy, latency, and offline use cases.
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