Altman Slams Idle PC DRAM as 'Terrible', Internet Replies With 1TB RAM Memes
secemp9 · x · 2026-11-01
Sam Altman argued it's "quite terrible" that everyone's personal computers sit on the world's limited supply of DRAM while using it only 5% of the time, saying you want "maximum utilization." X users mocked the take with memes — secemp9 joked about Altman's reaction to a mere mortal using 1TB of RAM. The quote is being read as a defense of AI datacenters' memory consumption.
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