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But from a global distribution perspective, it's actually pretty awful that everyone has a bunch of the world's limited DRAM supply just sitting around in their own computer. Hello everyone! With you is an "artificial human." Do you like playing on console? Do you like having the freedom to buy or build your own personal computer? Well, not anymore. Do you see this? This is 128GB of DDR5 RAM that I purchased 18 months ago, in April 2025. This is an excessive amount of RAM, and I managed to get it for $440.
These same RAM sticks have increased in price sevenfold, up 700% in just 18 months. What cost you $440 just 18 months ago will now cost, er, $3,000. Better start believing in cyberpunk dystopias. You are in one of them. Wake up, damn it, samurai. We need to burn this city. This RAM costs $1,000 more than my 4090 graphics card in 2023, and I overpaid for it . By the way, that video card has increased in price by as much as 3000%. I don't want to upset you, friends. I really don't want to, but the era of accessibility, convenience, and freedom seems to have come to an end.
The time of the orcs has come. Namely this orc. His name is Sam Altman, and don't confuse him with Michael Altman, the villain from Dead Space, the founder of Unitology, who believes that all of humanity should be transformed into a giant Lovecraftian pile of pure evil. To hell with Altman too. Although, ironically, both Altmans seem to have the same goal, just through different methods. What's happening in the AI and tech industry has a massive impact not just on gaming or PCs, it's much broader. Indeed, the rapid and explosive development of artificial intelligence has had enormous consequences for us, the poor plebeian peasants.
This effectively made building your own PC completely pointless. And today I want to talk about who is responsible for this, about these price increases, about how vile these bastards are, and it's so outrageous that I think we should declare war . Thunder, the sponsor of today's video. War Thunder has one of the largest " sandboxes" among all video games, featuring over 2,500 units of various equipment: from tanks, planes and warships to helicopters and much more. The equipment comes from 10 different countries, dating back to the 1920s. It's no wonder that War Thunder has over 95 million players in PvP mode alone. Express yourself with a variety of camouflages, skins, and
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, and see you on the battlefield, soldier. Thank you to War Thunder for sponsoring this video. And now about something completely different. Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, and he is one of the most prominent figures in the AI boom. His company is worth 1.25 trillion, and there's a very big and dirty bubble here that, well, let's put it this way. Burst the bubble. Pop the bubble. Sam is also largely responsible for the hyperinflation of almost all computer components. He's the reason why we gamers are facing this affordability crisis, why Xbox had to raise the prices of their consoles, why Nintendo
had to do this, why Sony had to. Well, Sony could do this simply because they're a bunch of jerks, you know? So, we'll take a look at Sam's recent comments, which have caused quite a backlash for reasons that will become apparent. I mean, they really show how sociopathic and out of touch he is, and how this man won't stop until we "have nothing and be happy." But what am I even talking about? Well, unless you've been living in a cave, you've undoubtedly noticed that products like RAM, SSDs, hard drives, M.2, network storage-basically, any important computer component-have all skyrocketed in price over the past two to three years. The RAM shortage crisis is especially acute because it's used everywhere: in your TV, console, phone, and more.
Because so much money has been invested in AI and all these data centers, they need tons of RAM to run. If you ask me, I don't think technology like PCs or consoles should be exclusive to the rich, especially consoles Look at the price of the GameCube during a sale at the time-100 bucks. The Xbox 360 initially cost, what, 200? So, we're talking about Microsoft thinking the next Xbox console could cost between $1,200 and $1,800. Ovva. You see, I invested in a top-of-the-line setup two years ago, just before it all blew up. Of course, it's related to my work and gaming, but somewhere deep down I feel embarrassed that I was able to afford it back then, and that there are so
many people now who can no longer build their dream PC like I did. It annoys me, especially because it's a freedom that was taken away from you without your consent. Like, oh, you didn't assemble the computer? Couldn't afford it then? Well, now you never can. By the way, millennials, buzzers, Gen Alphas-we are all forced to deal with a disgustingly expensive housing crisis, a radical increase in home prices. On average, millennials experience 4.0 recessions in their lifetime, and that's a crazy statistic. And now these tech oligarchs, these lizards, these werewolves, don't even want us to be able to afford a case for our computers. In fact, it's pretty awful that everyone has a pile of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their computer.
Click! This is mine, do you hear? It belongs to me. Keep your raking hands away. But I wasn't the only one who noticed this. I posted this RAM comparison on Twitter. Here we have a disgruntled New Yorker, the price has increased sevenfold, 165. Oh, 1300 dollars now. Yes, um, that's a whole lot more. What about nine times? I don't know. Well, how often do people use the word " seven"? Do you understand what I mean? Even Gillian Kronicker, I remember when I bought my second 32 gigabyte DDR4 kit , it cost 60 bucks. It's currently $250. I paid $176 for this 32GB set 17 months ago. It is now worth 947. Yes, millionaires in 2026 will say: I am giving these examples from other Twitter users to show that this problem concerns all of us. And so
we all have to be on the same side, and I think we are. Now, in a recent podcast interview, in light of these outrageous price spikes, Sam Altman spoke about the RAM shortage crisis and the challenges facing the AI industry. Of course, as the head of an AI company, he spoke in a very down-to-earth and understandable way for the average person. But from a global resource allocation perspective, it's actually terrible that everyone has a pile of the world's limited DRAM stockpile sitting in their computer, only 5% used. It's terrible that everyone has a pile of the world's DRAM stockpile sitting in their computer at home. It's terrible that you even have a computer.
This is what we have come to. You can never hate Sam Altman enough. You think you can, but you can't. Again, this guy's company is worth $1.25 trillion, and he's running out of RAM. So the reaction on the internet is 100 million percent justified. I can't believe that ordinary people own the computer parts that I intend to grab for myself, my goals and aspirations. This is not a real person. This is a skinwalker. He's like that "being," an alien life form posing as one of us, an imposter among us, if you will. But I also want to talk about messaging, right? Because if you wanted to reassure people, you would say something like, "well
, we're doing everything we can to make RAM more accessible to you." Even if it's just corporate nonsense, at least there's an understanding that yes, things are bad. But he just comes out and says, "no, you don't deserve a computer." You don't deserve to watch this video right now, with internet access on your desktop. How selfish we are, for not thinking about the common good. Common good. when you bought your PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, you know, just simply for your own entertainment and enjoyment. We work from nine to five, come home, just want to rest and relax, you know, we don't deserve that.
And so I'm starting a fund for Sam Altman to help this poor guy get back on his feet. Oh, he's really in financial trouble now, he can't even pay his bills. So, of course, the internet's reaction to Sam Altman's statement was funny and healing. How to catch Sam Altman. I like the irony of it being done with AI, seemingly without getting the point. OpenAI plans to rename its data centers to AI computing campuses to make them more attractive. They believe that if people see data centers as a long-term investment, they won't mind living near them. This company should go out of business, damn it That was the sound in Laura Evans's suburban Chicago home last spring when backup generators kicked in at a data center 300 meters from her
yard And it never goes away. It Laura tells us that the data center is making a low humming noise 24/7. Tell Sam Altman that I used 64GB of RAM to play RollerCoaster Tycoon. I want him to know-it was me. Please, Daddy. I told you: when I'm done, you can take what's left. Nothing will be left there. Nothing ever remains there. I love this [__] quote from Family Guy. Don't forget about the myth of building a PC by mutual consent. I agree. And I don't. Did n't you forget to ask someone? Jeff Tew says it's important to protect private property so Sam Altman can
become a trillionaire, but having private property is terrible for you, because otherwise he can't charge you rent for RAM. You are taught to fear what socialism might take away, so they can steal it themselves whenever they want. That's the point, right? We're moving towards a rental economy, like with Game Pass and all these subscriptions. The goal, in essence-maybe this is a bit bold of me-is a kind of modernized version of slavery, where all your paycheck goes to paying the bills, so you have nothing to save. Again, "you will have nothing and be happy." So this whole AI boom, in the context of games and their accessibility, is moving in that direction.
Look at PlayStation, they're getting rid of physical copies of games. This is so they can shut down the servers to ensure you don't own the game, and they can do so at any time. Why do you think the Stop Killing Games initiative has gained such popularity? That's another thing, and I'm tired of us constantly having to fight just for consumer rights, you know? But if you don't fight, all this will simply be taken away from you. Despite the fact that Sam is unanimously condemned, ridiculed, and "minused" by everyone, he still has a bunch of sycophants.
I agree with Sam Altman. First, local models are useless. They are stupid and slow. You'll spend $1,000 on 128GB of RAM to run a local model and not be able to do anything with it. A $20 subscription will do more, and 95% of the time your RAM is idle, so it works less efficiently than in a data center, where the benefit is higher. There is so much wrong here. For starters, the phrase "local models" to describe a personal computer. see how disconnected that is from the everyday experience of the average person? This was twisted into the spirit of: "We need to maximize efficiency and data in the cloud, and you won't do anything on your computer." Doesn't he know that people are working from home? Does
he know? And 95% of the time, RAM is not used at all, so it works much less there than in a data center. Dude, I bought it to use however the hell I wanted. How are we supposed to use AI if we don't have RAM? I do n't know. I feel like this is the moment when the masks are dropped: they say, yes, the problem is that all these villagers have access to computers. What are they really saying? Like, we're not going to do anything useful on the computer anyway, so we have to give all our components to this trillion-dollar company.
Why do you even care who does what with their RAM? So, it's pretty clear that this RAM crisis and its price only exists because a handful of tech billionaires are never satisfied, no matter how much money, power, or control they get. Nothing can fill this hole. And I think there's something deeper in their minds that has allowed them to reach such insane levels of sociopathy. Instead of covering the costs of data centers themselves, these companies want to shift this suffering onto us. She says her electricity bill has increased by 23% in the last year.
How do you plan a budget when it changes so much in one year? Any. And the energy company warned that prices could rise even more. It is our collective sacrifices and suffering that will fuel this technology and AI, and then some miracle will happen and all our problems will disappear once these people take every dollar and every stick of RAM on the planet. Just trust them, bro. When has a billionaire ever done anything wrong? So I think the rage and anger towards this guy is entirely justified, but like I said, it's not enough. Guys, we can do better. But why, why does this product, AI in general, have to
have so many downsides? The energy consumption of these facilities impacts our ability to meet clean energy goals, have a livable planet, and simply pay the bills. AI seems to be causing us all those side effects that are read out in drug advertisements, right? It can cause diarrhea, an empty wallet, vomiting, nausea, AIDS, cancer, a deep hatred of billionaire oligarchs, a sore throat, an unhealthy obsession with Ted Kaczynski. Now here's the thing. That's what seems so strange to me, you know? Don't you miss the days when companies advertised products as something that would improve your life, and that's how they convinced you to buy them, be a
good consumer, and keep consuming. Is n't this how our society should function Now, instead of promises to improve life, they say: just resign yourself and suffer, friend. Just before they tip us over and stick us right in the tomatoes. It's like the mantras that were repeated to people during the Great Depression. Just get through it, dude. Just survive. And the irony is that once upon a time, technobillionaires wanted a personal computer in every home. They got their wish. They made that dream come true. We all benefited from this Although, one could argue, there is a strong argument that complete unrestricted access to the internet for the entire population was a mistake. The bottom
line is that there is a personal computer in almost every home. Now they want to take it away. The construction of AI data centers will soon make PC components even more difficult to obtain than they are now. That's what she said. Both Nvidia and Intel are refocusing production from consumer parts to components for AI centers, with Nvidia quietly removing some top-end graphics cards from store shelves. That's the problem. For some unknown reason, there is no law, rule, or regulation regarding how much these huge corporations can buy up of goods to which we all have an equal right.
They're like those guys who go to the supermarket and rake out all the boxes of Pokémon cards. So children, collectors, or people who just want to buy one can't get one. No one else can get this. No, everything should go to just this one guy. This guy who needs every last Pokémon card. But if you need more reasons to hate Sam Altman, I have something for you. Sam Altman says the world must suffer for the sake of AI's greatness. The world must accept some hardships for the benefits of this technology. For your benefit, Mr. Altman.
You are forcing people to suffer financial hardship in order to poison local resources and erect buildings in rural areas that emit horrible continuous frequencies of static But you know, once you see a significant increase in your electricity bills, it all becomes justified. Higher electricity prices. The cost of electricity hasn't gone down since 2018, and the AI boom has only increased the price we all have to pay for building and operating these data centers. All these negative consequences that we have to put up with are just for a bunch of AI junk, so that these cruel factories can give us worse versions of what we already have.
Plus, let's not forget about copyright theft, how these data centers and AI are essentially collecting everything humanity has ever created: every book, every song, every video game, every forum post. They gather it all and funnel it into this point-it's a convergence event where everything is absorbed to create this huge evil entity. Here's 576 GB on "Go to hell, Sam Altman." 260 thousand likes. I think people are tired of it . Does this guy have power over us, or can we just hold him accountable? To be honest, I was a big fan of the French Revolution. Yes, there was. Your greed is hurting the economy. Yes, that's right. This is it, this is it.
We are all seeing the negative effects across the country, and the most telling is the lack of positive corporate rhetoric. Even Xbox, when announcing these huge price increases for Game Pass, tried to sweeten the news with some crumbs of positivity. I can at least respect the attempt to appease the customers, but their communication here is crazy because they just say, "No, you'll have to put up with all this crap."
Yes, I think this is pure evil. Again, besides the fact that overuse of AI reduces brain activity and harms critical thinking skills So, they want to make us even more stupid. Do you use ChatGPT in raising your child? I hope the hell not. I can't imagine what it's like to figure out how to raise a baby without the help of ChatGPT. Apparently people have been doing this for a long time, and without any problems. Yes. But Yes, it's.it's. So I know it was entirely possible. It was possible. This is a lizard man. How, I wonder, did we figure out reproduction and child care without my technology? Can't imagine raising a child without this app that makes you stupider?
Cheese seller, I can't imagine deciding what to eat without cheese. And don't worry, guys, Google is now threatening elementary schools if they don't embrace the, uh, fascination with artificial intelligence. What a great company I work for. Google is trying to use its monopoly to force AI into our public schools. No corporation should have the power to dictate how we teach our children. Our great public schools exist to serve students, not to increase the profits of big tech companies. That's right, that's right. We are not peasants. This is not feudalism. We are not your subjects and pawns. We are citizens of the country.
Yes, Google will disable schools from searching through Google if they opt out of AI. How [__] crazy is this, man? I know this video touched on AI in very broad strokes. That's what she said. But, uh, the big picture is this: dudes , they're pushing this into every aspect of our lives and culture, and it's having huge negative consequences in every area. This is comically evil. And again, technology is not inherently evil, but the question is how it is used, right? And the way they are used is comically, objectively evil. But if you're only interested in buying computer parts, gaming, and being able to
unplug and relax on your day off, then honestly, that's all that matters, right? We simply must unite in opposing this damned hostile takeover by the lizard-skinned billionaire oligarchs and their desire to strip us of all property or pleasure before forcing us to live in conditions of rent-seeking slavery. So yeah, to hell with Sam Altman. Let us know what you think in the comments below. Remember, you can't hate him enough, so never stop. And thank you to War Thunder for sponsoring this video. Don't forget to follow the link in the description to play and download the game today. Well, everyone, that's all I have for today.
This is Act Man, ending the broadcast. Peace.
