He got fired from loopt and from yc.

Asshole is a wrong word. He’s dangerous.

For someone with his amount of power; if you are only 'a bit of an asshole' you may as well be a saint.

I have to say that your comment reads like you are justifying unethical behavior from a major business figure. I mean, saying that a CEO who acts with no qualms re accountability "a saint" really begs the question: how does the boot taste like?

Not at all. I am saying that centralising the amount of power OpenAI has is inherently antisocial. If you have done it so the average person uses the qualifier "a bit of" you are extraordinarily gifted.

Ironically, the same reason to care about even very minor misalignment in a powerful AI.

That's a bad faith take which doesn't add anything to the discussion.

On the contrary, with that amount of power “bit of an asshole” is indistinguishable from “monster”.

Either you’re fine with powerful assholes, or you suggest stripping autocratic CEOs of power; or perhaps I’m missing your point.