Re:Upload Your RAM
by fantyoon on Saturday November 07, 2026 @08:29AM
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It sort of is, no? To agree with it, you need to share the goal of maximum utilization. Sam Altman seems to take that as a given. But clearly people disagree and not just with RAM. Most kitchens and bathrooms are unused most of the time, but that doesn't mean every home having one is bad.
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No, he was not saying that was his goal! That's what everyone seems to misunderstand about this quote.
It's like a highrise developer saying "people think our buildings take up a lot of land, but actually houses are much worse from a land use perspective". Which is objectively true, and yet does not mean the developer thinks the entire world should be turned into houses, or even that they dislike houses!
Except he was the developer who signed a deal with land owners to buy 40% of the land with the intention of building houses to rent and caused condo prices to 5x.
No, it's more like he was just clearing up the misconception that "cities would be better places to live without all the highrises in them".
> Most kitchens and bathrooms are unused most of the time, but that doesn't mean every home having one is bad.
isn't communal living the most efficient thing resource-wise though?
I think that's exactly the point OC was making, it's the most efficient resource-wise but that doesn't make it the objectively best form of living