Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’

Few tools have reshaped day-to-day work in tech as quickly as generative AI; coding tasks that once took developers days—or weeks—can now be spun up in seconds. So naturally, many workers are now embracing “vibes” to program, instead of writing software line by line.

But Minecraft creator Markus Persson, the billionaire developer better known as “Notch,” is sounding an alarm: Even if tech companies are embracing coding with AI, that doesn’t make it a good thing.

“Reminder that using AI to write code is an incredibly bad idea still, and anyone advocating for it is either incompetent or evil,” Persson recently wrote in an X post. 

“It’s just as dumb as letting AI write the laws. It’s about logic, not about typing.”

Persson argued his concern isn’t rooted in outright resistance to innovation, but rather in fears about losing autonomy, creative control, and the very essence of what it means to code.

“If you seriously believe that the same people that manipulate people via mainstream media (for clearly evil purposes) wouldn’t use subtle ways to use AI to manipulate us, you’re dumb. It’s being forced down our t...