OpenAI chief Altman criticises ordinary users for using RAM in their own computers
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman criticised, on the podcast “Cheeky Pint”, the fact that ordinary users use operating memory (DRAM) in their PCs and game consoles. In his view, that memory could instead be directed to cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
Sam Altman, head of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, spoke about the use of operating memory (DRAM) in a recent episode of the podcast “Cheeky Pint”. He criticised the fact that ordinary users put this memory into their personal computers and game consoles, when it could otherwise be directed to cloud computing and AI needs.
DRAM is the working memory that computers need, in home devices as well as in data centres. Altman's remarks have drawn mixed reactions. The Latvian news site Kursors.lv, which reported on them, presents them as an example of AI industry leaders holding a view of consumer technology that is detached from everyday reality.
The source mentions only this claim and its critical reception. It gives no wider context for Altman's remarks, no figures and no responses from other parties.
