{"id":21325,"date":"2026-02-13T00:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21325"},"modified":"2026-02-13T00:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:32:28","slug":"billionaire-founder-of-minecraft-slams-anyone-advocating-using-ai-to-write-code-as-incompetent-or-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21325","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as \u2018incompetent or evil\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Few tools have reshaped day-to-day work in tech as quickly as generative AI; coding tasks that once took developers days\u2014or weeks\u2014can now be spun up in seconds. So naturally, many workers are now embracing \u201cvibes\u201d to program, instead of writing software line by line.<\/p>\n

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But Minecraft creator Markus Persson, the billionaire developer better known as \u201cNotch,\u201d is sounding an alarm: Even if tech companies are embracing coding with AI, that doesn\u2019t make it a good thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cReminder that using AI to write code is an incredibly bad idea still, and anyone advocating for it is either incompetent or evil,\u201d Persson recently wrote in an X post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just as dumb as letting AI write the laws. It\u2019s about logic, not about typing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Persson argued his concern isn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you seriously believe that the same people that manipulate people via mainstream media (for clearly evil purposes) wouldn\u2019t use subtle ways to use AI to manipulate us, you\u2019re dumb. It\u2019s being forced down our throats for a reason,\u201d the 46-year-old said.<\/p>\n

His bottom line: \u201cDon\u2019t rely on AI for programming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Persson\u2019s warning is especially pointed given how many young engineers are entering the headcount-reducing field at a moment when prompting and vibe coding are not just trends\u2014but increasingly treated as a replacement for traditional programming practices.<\/p>\n

Last April, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said over 30% of code at Google is now generated by AI. The following month, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put that figure for his company at between 20% and 30%. Leaders at AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic have gone even further recently, suggesting that technology now produces 100% of their code.<\/p>\n

Notch\u2019s advice for aspiring Gen Z developers: \u2018Learn. Your. Craft.\u2019<\/h2>\n

Persson, who taught himself how to code while growing up in Sweden, worked in game development\u2014including at the studio now behind Candy Crush<\/em>\u2014before officially launching Minecraft<\/em> in 2011. The sandbox game quickly became a hit among millennial and Gen Z gamers and has sold over 300 million copies to date.<\/p>\n

Minecraft<\/em> was acquired in 2014 by Microsoft for $2.5 billion. In the years after the sale, Persson became a controversial figure and was excluded from official Minecraft<\/em> anniversary events following a series of offensive social media posts. His net worth is estimated at $1.5 billion, according to Forbes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Despite the game\u2019s popularity as a gateway for young people to learn programming\u2014and more recently experiment with AI\u2014Persson remains deeply skeptical of outsourcing core skills to algorithms.<\/p>\n

His advice for aspiring tech developers remains simple: \u201cLearn. Your. Craft. You are not safe to program if you don\u2019t know how to do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like only knowing how to fly, but not how to land or take off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Persson declined Fortune\u2019<\/em>s request for further comment.<\/p>\n

While Notch warns against AI, CEOs say mastering it is essential<\/h2>\n

Persson is not alone in advocating that programming should maintain a foundational skill. But many leaders disagree on what that foundation should look like in the AI era.<\/p>\n

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has said programming literacy shouldn\u2019t be limited to future software engineers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI strongly believe that every kid, every child, should learn coding,\u201d Dohmke said. \u201cWe should actually teach them coding in school, in the same way that we teach them physics and geography and literacy and math and whatnot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Ng, the former head of Google Brain and cofounder of Coursera, has expressed disagreement with Persson\u2019s notions\u2014actively encouraging people to make the most of AI by using it as a coding assistant.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t code by hand. Don\u2019t do the old way,\u201d Ng said last year at Snowflake\u2019s Build conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet AI to help you to code,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that will make people in all job functions much more productive and have more fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has echoed that the need to master AI is more extreme for everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery job will be affected, and immediately. It is unquestionable,\u201d Huang said at the Milken Institute\u2019s Global Conference last year. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to lose your job to an AI, but you\u2019re going to lose your job to someone who uses AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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