And despite his own interest in artificial intelligence, he has also been one of the most prominent figures worried about the supposed threat to humanity's future that super-intelligent AIs might pose.After signaling that the company would reorganize its management structure, Musk in June announced that Tesla was laying off 9 percent of its workfor

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