Quite a few variations of this story, if one can call it that, have been posted already. (Edit: I listed them in a collapsed reply to this comment, if anyone cares.)

It's obviously a riler-upper and therefore off topic for Hacker News. In fact, with its revved-up linkbait title and ragepilled content, it's an exemplar of what this site is not for.

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Sam Altman on local inference and use of RAM [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50325020 - Nov 2026 (1 comment)

Sam Altman says DRAM capacity should go to data centers, not personal computers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50324267 - Nov 2026 (78 comments)

Altman says 'quite terrible' for your PCs to have RAM - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50307635 - Oct 2026 (2 comments)

Sam Altman says the chip supply chain's invisible hand failing and DRAM is why - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50307595 - Oct 2026 (1 comment)

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says You Having DRAM Instead of Data Centers Is "Terrible" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50306361 - Oct 2026 (9 comments)

Sam Altman Thinks It's 'Terrible' for You to Have RAM in Your Gaming PC - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50306197 - Oct 2026 (9 comments)

Sam Altman Thinks You're Wasting DRAM - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305797 - Oct 2026 (115 comments)

Thanks, Dang.

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