Sam Altman: All the RAM Should Belong to Me, So I Can Charge People to Use It
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Sam Altman: All the RAM Should Belong to Me, So I Can Charge People to Use It was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 2, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 1 check on 1 different day. Its best position was #29 of 30, reached on Nov 2, 14:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 2, 14:07 UTC.
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I listened to the full podcast, and this is taken completely out of context. His point was entirely logical: if there’s scarcity, it’s important to maximize utilization of the scarce asset, and you do that by putting it in a data centre where it’s serving people constantly.
I feel like he could sell this as a future where people have super computers at home and when they’re not running they’re generating income, he doesn’t seemed constrained by the truth, just promise everyone that you’re going to replace their jobs and that their home computer will provide for them. This universal…
Journalists write headlines like this and then get all huffy when people "decline to comment" on their hitpiece
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 2, 14:07 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
#29 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 2, 14:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
It was first seen on Nov 2, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (1 check) since.
52 points and 17 comments; submitted by RickJWagner on Nov 2, 2026.