In an interview with YouTuber Cheeky Pint<\/a>, Altman said: “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. Like, you want maximum utilization in the cloud if you’re trying to deal with this very supply constrained environment. And somehow many people’s intuition is the opposite of that.”<\/p>\n The comments have been widely ridiculed, with many suggesting that, whether he intended it or not, Altman sounds like he wants to take away personal ownership of memory and force society to use resources for the benefit of AI companies such as his. Social media was flooded with posts, images, and videos of people slamming Altman for the suggestion, promising to protect their precious memory from any who might try to claim it. Others have simply dunked on Altman for the comments, with countless memes and, yes, AI-generated videos showing the AI billionaire in various states of embarrassment.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s 576GB worth of go f*ck yourself Sam Altman https:\/\/t.co\/X4ewhFK0cp<\/p>\n \u2014 \u1d3c\u1d3a\u1d33 (@OngDevLab) October 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Using a stick of RAM to stir my coffee this morning, fuck you, Sam Altman<\/p>\n \u2014 Sick (@sickdotdev) November 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n sam altman: your ram should be in data centers<\/p>\n me with 32 gigs of ram: https:\/\/t.co\/0VR1kvgtxO<\/p>\n \u2014 Micky D (@DeMickyD) October 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Found on reddit. Hilarious https:\/\/t.co\/43Exuo1b3r<\/p>\n \u2014 wayward strategy (@waywardstrategy) November 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking of AI billionaires, his tech rival, Elon Musk, got in on the act with a meme of his own, letting his millions of followers know where he stands on the subject of memory ownership.<\/p>\n “The people deserve to have their RAM too!” Musk declared in a post on X, the social media platform he owns, alongside a meme of Colonel Hans Landa from Quentin Tarantino\u2019s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds.<\/p>\n The people deserve to have their RAM too! https:\/\/t.co\/q6dwauALw4<\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The AI boom has led to a scarcity of memory to power it, which in turn has caused graphics cards, video game consoles, and PC components to skyrocket in price. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have all raised the prices of their consoles as a result of the \u2018RAMpocalypse,\u2019 while the RTX 5080 just disappeared off of Nvidia’s marketplace, weeks after the RTX 5090 was all but discontinued.<\/p>\n Microsoft reportedly expects its next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, to cost as much as $1,800<\/a>. Sony has yet to announce its next-gen hardware, but analysts suspect it will push back its launch for as long as possible amid cost concern.<\/p>\n Altman, though, is unlikely to change his line of thinking any time soon. He\u2019s currently on the hunt for up to $20 billion in a new funding round co-led by UAE investors, down from an earlier target of about $30 billion, according to CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 \u2013 Photos<\/p>\n
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