# RAM-devouring AI overlord Sam Altman says he totally doesn’t want your memory, claims statement ‘was taken out of context’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ram-devouring-ai-overlord-sam-altman-says-he-totally-doesnt-want-your-memory-claims-statement-was-taken-out-of-context/
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:09:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T05:43:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Destructoid
- Original article: https://www.destructoid.com/ram-devouring-ai-overlord-sam-altman-says-he-totally-doesnt-want-your-memory-claims-statement-was-taken-out-of-context/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- Altman says his comments on personal RAM were taken out of context.
- He argues for expanding global memory production.
- His original remarks favoured greater cloud use of scarce DRAM.

## Summary

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says his comments about people keeping underused memory in personal computers were taken out of context. He says he wants people to have as much memory as they choose and has long argued for increasing global production, after his remarks drew widespread criticism.

In an interview last week, Altman argued that, given limited DRAM supplies, more memory should be used in cloud data centres rather than sit idle in personal computers. The article links demand from AI companies to rising RAM prices, but gives no figures for the effect. Altman later joked about the criticism and briefly changed his social media name to “Ram Altman”.

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