A developer has built a Linux script called "Ram Altman" that checks how much system memory is sitting idle and sends OpenAI CEO Sam Altman a daily email about it, a playful tool that follows Altman's recent remarks on the importance of OpenAI's memory needs.
Developer project · OpenAI memory demand
A joke script turns Altman's RAM remark into a daily idle-memory report
A Linux script measures unused system memory and drafts a light-hearted daily message to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, using a simple, measurable signal to echo his point that OpenAI's memory needs matter.
8.6 GiB
Idle memory reported in the sample message
1 / day
Intended cadence of the daily message
Linux
Platform the script is built for
What the sample reading looks like
Each block is one illustrative unit of memory. Total system capacity is not stated, so this is a scale of blocks, not a share of any machine.
8.6 of 10 blocks filled
The filled blocks stand for the 8.6 GiB idle figure from the sample message. The blank block shows the remaining, unused part of the scale.
How the project works
STEP 1
Measure idle RAM
Checks unused system memory on Linux
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STEP 2
Write the message
Playful greeting plus the idle figure
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STEP 3
Address to Altman
Sent as a daily note to the OpenAI CEO
Read it as satire, with limits
The idea is playful, but idle memory is a real, measurable signal of unused capacity.
Unverified context
The exact wording and setting of Altman's remark are not independently checked.
Sample figure only
8.6 GiB is an example, not a measurement of any system or of OpenAI's resources.
Open questions
Delivery method, run history, and any response from Altman or OpenAI are not known.
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