OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it's "quite terrible" for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer better utilization

# OpenAI CEO says it's 'quite terrible' for your PC to have RAM — Sam Altman says data centers offer… Source: [https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization) \(Image credit: Getty Images\) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has data centers full of memory, but seemingly it's the 32GB of RAM in your desktop that's the problem\. In an interview over beers with[the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMsUcCYNKqY)Altman said that local inference, and, by extension, people having DRAM in computers at home, is "quite terrible\." Latest Videos FromTom's Hardware Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware Newsletter Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in\-depth reviews, straight to your inbox\.  Andrew E\. Freedman is a senior editor at Tom's Hardware focusing on laptops, desktops and gaming\. He also keeps up with the latest news\. A lover of all things gaming and tech, his previous work has shown up in Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Kotaku, PCMag and Complex, among others\. Follow him on Threads[@FreedmanAE](https://www.threads.net/@freedmanae)and BlueSky[@andrewfreedman\.net](https://bsky.app/profile/andrewfreedman.net)\.[https://bsky.app/profile/andrewfreedman.net](https://bsky.app/profile/andrewfreedman.net)You can send him tips on Signal: andrewfreedman\.01 - magbarnsome people just want to watch the world burn [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - KitsuneKasMeanwhile a report was done a bit ago that stated that the ai data centers that are vacuuming up all the gpu and memory supply are sitting idle over 70% of the time because there's no demand\. They're just buying hardware to keep competitors from having it\. [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - Cyberwolf2077If i cant make money off your laziness \(using ai from these companies\)\. You don’t deserve that stuff you bought\. So many explitives i would use about this scum bag that I can’t use [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - hotaru251> "From a global allocation perspective, actually, it's quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer and being used 5% of the time," ok mr altman my counterpoint: "From a global allocation perspective, actually, it's quite terrible to have a handful of people to have a bunch of the world's limited supply of money sitting in their investments & bank accounts and being used 5% of the time," no its called you dont like others impacting your business and like every other "ai" company you want everything yourself and frick everyone else\. please fall backwards onto a pineapple\. [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - King\_VAlright, it's not just me, right? He's saying "how dare you peons have RAM on your home PCs when that RAM should instead all be allocated to our for\-profit AI systems\!\!" isn't he? Was his inner\-monologue: "People don't hate me and see me as a self\-entitled \(insert\-obscenity\-here\) enough\. How can I change that?" [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - JamesJones44AKA, it's bad for my business so you consumers should stop buying RAM [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - superplusuntomI'm working for all humanity, thus all humanity must serve me\. It's just more efficient that way\. [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - usertestsI have 64 GB of mostly unused RAM in my PC, and that's the way I like it\. Would have terabytes or petabytes of the stuff if it was possible\. Someone feels threatened by local models\. [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - vanadiel007I have 32 GB of RAM I am willing to sell to him for $2 million USD\. That's only $1 million per stick\! [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - SkyBill40The new face of grifting has a name and it's Sam Altman\. This AI shill just doesn't get it for some reason\. Right\. How about you bite me, dude? [Reply](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) - [https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/](https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/openai-ceo-says-its-quite-terrible-for-your-pc-to-have-ram-%E2%80%94-sam-altman-says-data-centers-offer-better-utilization.3901848/) Show more comments