If China is going to have dystopian AI it is better for the US to have it too.

If anything, we should try to make any AI we develop equally or excessively more horrifying. If we prompt it to create and develop more AI, and have an overwhelmingly negative disposition toward humanity, our Skynet will be more scary than anything they could create. And that is beneficial to the US. Who knows how much more scary it could be than theirs after several generations of churning. It would continually get more intimidating. It could be unbounded and self-sustained in its progress indefinately. And that should be very exciting for any researchers. Think of the papers you could write on that. And it would help make sure the US doesn't fall behind.