Sam Altman’s posts on November 3, 2026, clarified his position on PC memory rather than abandoning his argument for maximizing cloud utilization. He said he wants people to have as much memory as they want in their computers and has argued for increasing memory production. Altman’s post on X
Sam Altman wants more PC RAM while keeping his cloud argument
Altman called for abundant PC memory and more production; his earlier argument focused on using scarce DRAM efficiently in the cloud.
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Altman said on November 3, 2026, that he wants people to have as much memory as they want in their computers.
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His call for more memory production did not replace his earlier argument for maximizing cloud utilization when DRAM is scarce.
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The 5% figure was Altman’s estimate of PC DRAM use, not a verified general rate.
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Elon Musk’s November 1, 2026, post defended people’s access to RAM without laying out a technical argument.
Sam Altman’s Nov. 3, 2026, posts backed abundant PC RAM and more production, while leaving his cloud-utilization argument in place. Musk had replied Nov. 1.
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