Developer Ian Kay has created and published a tool on GitHub called Ram-Altman. The script automatically monitors the amount of unused RAM on a user's PC and sends daily emails to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with a "wasted resource report."
Developer Ian Kay has created and published a tool on GitHub called Ram-Altman. The script automatically monitors the amount of unused RAM on a user's PC and sends daily emails to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with a "wasted resource report."
The project was a response to the scandalous statements of the head of OpenAI on the Cheeky Pint podcast . There, Altman noted: “It’s really terrible that every person has a bunch of the limited world supply of DRAM in their computer, which is only used about 5% of the time.” The remark caused outrage online, as rising prices for RAM are already making it difficult for ordinary users to upgrade their PCs.
The script checks memory usage on a Linux PC every five minutes (Windows users can run it via WSL).
If more than 10% of free RAM remains in the system, the program generates a letter.
To "make the joke obsolete at a carefully controlled pace," the author added dynamic templates: 8 email subject options, 10 message texts, and 6 signature options.
In one example of an email with the subject line "You missed a spot," Altman is informed that the 8.6 GB of RAM is currently not in the data center and "has no plans to do so at this time," and the message is signed as "with concern for responsible storage, concerned RAM owner," Cybernews writes .
The initiative was met with humor and irony online, with many users applying Altman's logic to his own fortune.
“Sam Altman owns several large houses. One person can only be in one room at a time, which leads to an extremely low level of use of his real estate. I think it would be better to demolish his houses and build high-rises,” one of the contributors quipped.
“The first type of cyberbullying I fully support,” users joke in the project’s discussions.
You can learn more about the Ram-Altman tool at the link .
