Altman argues PC memory could be better used in AI data centers
AI · First reported 30 Oct, 16:28 · Updated 16:43
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a podcast interview that having RAM in personal computers is “quite terrible” when it could instead be used in AI data centers. A second report characterizes the remark as part of his stated aspiration to limit individual ownership.
- Altman said people having RAM in their own PCs is a poor use of it when that memory could go to AI data centers.
- The remarks came in a podcast interview, according to the report.
- Another report presents the comment as consistent with Altman’s aspiration to deprive people of ownership.
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- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
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- RAM in personal computers versus AI data centers
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