With the rapid advancement in AI and its amalgamation with robotics, a new front of weapon technology has emerged. Access to power grids and other utilities can make nations tremble as the lives of denizens go haywire. In his talk, Schmidt, who began his career in 1975 at Bell Labs, remarked

"I'm always worried about the 'Osama Bin Laden' scenario, where you have some truly evil person who takes over some aspect of our modern life and uses it to harm innocent people," he said. Bin Laden orchestrated the 9/11 attacks in 2001, where planes were used to kill thousands of people on American soil.

Currently an investor in AI, the former CEO of Google advocates for safe AI, warning about a potential "Bin Laden scenario."