Sam Altman Is Upset At You For Hoarding RAM In Your Own Computer
He says it's 'terrible' to have 'a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM' sitting in people's PCs.
Heather Diehl/Getty Images
AI data centers have gobbled up so much of the world's RAM supplies that prices of the memory units — and all electronic devices that have them — have skyrocketed as a result. So when OpenAI chief Sam Altman sat for an interview with YouTuber Cheeky Pint and Stripe, the conversation naturally turned to the RAM shortages affecting the whole tech industry. His opinion? He thinks it's "quite terrible" for people to have "a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer" and using it five percent of the time.
He added: "Like, you want maximum utilization in the cloud if you're trying to deal with this very supply constrained environment. And somehow many people's intuition is the opposite of that." Now,...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to www.engadget.com. To see the full text click HERE
