# Shocking: OpenAI head honcho Sam Altman thinks your gaming rig’s RAM would be better off with him

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/shocking-openai-head-honcho-sam-altman-thinks-your-gaming-rigs-ram-would-be-better-off-with-him/
- Published: 2026-10-30T20:13:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T21:55:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Destructoid
- Original article: https://www.destructoid.com/open-ai-chief-sam-altman-wants-your-ram/
- Topics: AI, Entertainment, Gaming, Technology

## Key points

- Altman says underused PC memory could be put to work in AI data centres.
- His comments come amid tight DRAM supply.
- The debate is over who should use limited computing resources.

## Summary

Sam Altman said personal computers hold a large amount of the world’s limited DRAM supply that is often underused, and argued that AI data centres could use it more efficiently. His comments come amid a reported memory shortage, raising questions about how scarce computing resources should be allocated between data centres and people’s own devices.

Altman made the remarks on the Cheeky Pint YouTube channel, describing low utilisation of RAM in personal machines as “quite terrible” from a global allocation perspective. He called for maximum utilisation in the cloud, while the article links rising demand to large AI companies’ purchases of memory supplies. It does not provide figures for how much DRAM is held in personal computers or quantify OpenAI’s role in the shortage.

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