OpenAI's Sam Altman Backtracks After Hating on You for Having RAM - CNET
What does Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, think about you using RAM (aka memory) in the computer you own? It’s tough to say, because he’s made multiple contradictory statements following an interview last week where he said, “It’s quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer.”
Altman appeared to put the blame for RAM shortages on computer owners who have the hardware — which is necessary to run graphics and AI, among other things — and only use it “5% of the time,” as he said. Meanwhile, people are blaming data centers and the rapacious RAM acquisition of companies like OpenAI as the chief reason why computers have become astronomically expensive, game consoles are now beyond anyone’s reasonable budget and other device pricing woes. Internet users responded to Altman’s criticism with anger, memes and some...
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