You wrote:

I do not think they will compete against each other. It will be a beneficial task to have them both evolve where crypto could benefit tenfold from AI.

I think AI may help crypto a lot.
One area is self-custody...imagine if AI helped you remember your keys, so you would never have to worry about lsing your keys. The AI in the cloud would be accessible to you, thus your crypto is accessible.
If the User Interface which made this possible was as friendly and familiar as FaceBook 900 million people could own a little Bitcoin, Hive, etc
The future looks bright.