[Ultraman Changes Nickname to "Ram Altman" After Being Mocked for Wasting PC Memory] Beating AI News: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman changed his X nickname to "Ram Altman." RAM is short for computer memory. The incident stemmed from an interview on October 29th. Altman complained about the global memory shortage, noting that a large amount of DRAM was lying idle in personal computers, only being used about 5% of the time. He felt this was a waste of scarce resources and believed that centralizing memory in cloud data centers would allow for more efficient utilization. Netizens immediately joked that Altman wanted all the world's memory. Elon Musk also posted a meme mocking people for "hoarding" memory in their computers. Today, a netizen suggested Altman change his name to "Ram Altman." After replying "ok yeah," he actually changed his name. However, Altman later explained that he actually hoped for a significant increase in global memory production, allowing everyone to install the amount of memory they need in their computers. Regarding the misinterpretation of his words, he simply cursed, "fucking annoying." [Original link]