Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’
- Posted on February 12, 2026
- By Fortune
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Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has just issued a warning: That AI is “being forced down our throats” and that leaders behind the push are “evil”.