OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it's "quite terrible" for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization
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Sam Altman criticizes personal computers having RAM, arguing data centers offer better utilization of the limited DRAM supply.Summary
In an interview with the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that local inference, and by extension people having DRAM in home computers, is "quite terrible." He argued from a global allocation perspective, saying it's terrible to have the world's limited DRAM supply sitting in personal computers and being used only 5% of the time, whereas data centers offer better utilization. The article includes critical reader comments accusing Altman of prioritizing his company's for-profit AI systems over consumers.
(Source：Tom's Hardware)