The nation that makes the most use of this will succeed and spread the most.

AI is the new nuke.

We will likely see a rapid arms race in using AI in weaponry. If you can automate everything, wage a war without suffering human losses, you gain the ability to conquer without worry. If China develops autonomous soldier robots, autonomous warplanes, and decided to pre-emptively attack the US, what do you think would happen?

It seems to me as though the US has no choice but to develop this technology, lest they fall behind.

I'm not sure there's a realistic chance of avoiding dystopia.