Sam Altman addresses RAM comments: people should ‘put as much as they want in their computers’

November 4, 2026 Stevie Bonifield

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spent election night defending his position on PC RAM purchases. He changed his name on X to "Ram Altman" in response to another user's comment, saying, "i actually do want the world to have tons of memory and people to put as much as they want in their computers, and it is fucking annoying that this was taken out of context. i have been arguing for the world to ramp up memory production for a long time."

He replied to another comment, saying, "i want you to have so much ram lets build more."

but only because…i actually do want the world to have tons of memory and people to put as much as they want in their computers …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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