# Eric Schmidt Quotes Curated index of sourced [[Eric Schmidt]] quotes — the receipts. The **canonical quote pages live in `/Quotes/`**; this indexes them, groups them by theme, and flags gaps. One quote, one home. ## Surveillance & privacy (the Google-era tells) - [[Eric Schmidt - maybe you shouldnt be doing it]] — 2009, CNBC: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." The privacy-is-for-the-guilty framing from the company that indexed the web. - [[Eric Schmidt - the creepy line]] — 2010: Google's policy is "to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it." ## Notable statements lacking a page (gaps to fill) - "**Swap tanks for AI drones**" (Army speech, Oct 2024) — the defense-doctrine line; strong candidate receipt. - "**AI is underhyped**" / the 90 GW energy claim (TED 2025) — see [[The Quest for 90 Gigawatts]] and [[Eric Schmidt Ideology]]. - MAIM / "**Mutual Assured AI Malfunction**" framing (2025 Superintelligence Strategy). - "**Energy is the main constraint in scaling AI**" (Bolt launch, 2026). ## See Also - [[Eric Schmidt]] — canonical biography - [[Eric Schmidt Ideology]] — the beliefs behind the quotes - [[Eric Schmidt Timeline]] — when each was said - [[Quotes Hub]] - [[Eric Schmidt Dossier]]