To be fair, Musk was saying this before he founded OpenAI and before he was a player on the AI scene. You can hate him for his recent politics, but heâ(TM)s a visionary.
FSD does not work poorly, you're just not paying attention. It's astounding and I wish everyone was using it instead of driving themselves. It would save thousands of lives. Autopilot is no worse and probably better than most adaptive cruise control systems.
Good that you see the difference. I would argue innovation is far more important. Electric lighting was invented 80 years before Edison. It could provide light for a few minutes.