Spoof program monitors and emails your RAM usage to Sam Altman if under 90% utilization
A new GitHub repository dubbed ram-altman features a script to monitor your PC’s RAM usage and report back to the eponymous OpenAI boss.
A GitHub repository named ram-altman has been created by developer Iain Kay to monitor personal computer RAM usage and report to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman when under 90% utilization. Kay was inspired by Altman's comments about underutilized DRAM in home computers being "quite terrible" in a recent podcast. The bash script sends an email to Altman daily if it detects underutilized RAM.
The script uses the MemAvailable query, which estimates the amount of memory available to programs without swapping. When installed, the script checks RAM usage every five minutes and compiles a summary email using the daily log data. The script generates 8 subject lines, 10 humorous message templates, and 6 sign-offs for the emails.
The emails can be viewed on the ram-altman.lol website. Altman's email address isn't included in the script. If the machine is using 90% or more of its RAM, no report will be sent to Altman. Users can run the script without emailing using a terminal command, or they can skip emailing altogether by using the --dry-run flag. Kay has a respectful tone towards Altman, quoting his clarification that his remarks were taken out of context and praising his humorous X account display name change to "Ram Altman".
The script is freely available on GitHub and runs natively on Linux. However, for Windows users, running it requires using WSL, while PowerShell users can also run it. Mac users cannot run the script as it requires soldered-down RAM that would be inconvenient to remove for Altman and his team.
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