A lot of AI racing is driven by the idea that the US has to stop China from getting AI because China is authoritarian. If the US was authoritarian as well, that motive for AI racing would go away. Furthermore, authoritarian countries seem predisposed to cooperate: see the China/Russia/Iran/North Korea axis. If the US became authoritarian, that could usher in a new era of US/China cooperation, to the benefit of the world as a whole.
The current administration is definitely not predisposed to cooperate with China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. The US started a trade war with the rest of the world. If anything, the current administration is the least cooperative with China the US has seen in recent memory.
A lot of AI racing is driven by the idea that the US has to stop China from getting AI because China is authoritarian. If the US was authoritarian as well, that motive for AI racing would go away. Furthermore, authoritarian countries seem predisposed to cooperate: see the China/Russia/Iran/North Korea axis. If the US became authoritarian, that could usher in a new era of US/China cooperation, to the benefit of the world as a whole.
The current administration is definitely not predisposed to cooperate with China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. The US started a trade war with the rest of the world. If anything, the current administration is the least cooperative with China the US has seen in recent memory.