In what might be a first for an extremely high profile, high stakes case. Musk's lawyers has claimed that previously recorded statements he has made about the capabilities of Autopilot might just be "deepfakes" This has extremely troubling repercussions for almost every conceivable lawsuit everywhere if this defense is allowed to proceed and even worse ones if it succeeds.
He might become the next Bernie Maddoff as a pressure release valve to save the rest of the ruling class, but I wouldn't hold my breath.