Claim: Albert Einstein said technology would one day "surpass our human interaction" and create "a generation of idiots".
Fact-check: Einstein didn't say technology would create 'generation of idiots' - Full Fact
Verdict: there's no record of him ever saying this. the first iterations of this quote appear to have been posted online in 2012.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-07-30T00:00:00