this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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the chatbot will alter physics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf549Gms744&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20261105-sam-altman-wants-your-ram-there-are-compute-campuses-to-build - podcast

time: 5 min 28 sec

audio with authentic 5 November sound effects recorded live

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 2 points 20 hours ago

From my cold RSI hands!

[–] rhamph@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago

What I love about ‘compute campus’ is that ‘data centre’ is already stripped down to euphemism and coated in sterility.

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago

Altman performed outrage that his comment was taken out of context — he was specifically talking about people running AI rigs at home. You should just outsource your work to OpenAI, see. It’s much more efficient. [Twitter, archive]

Let them eat low end GPUs ass retraction.

Self-replicating data centers are blatantly bullshit but also such a failure to read the room, nobody wants them even now that you don't have to worry they might decide to go through mitosis overnight.

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Sam Altman wants a smack upside the head with a lit barbecue

[–] Amuro_eat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago

He should try breaking into peoples houses in the US to take their ram