John Carmack defends Microsoft's generative Quake II demo
John Carmack just pushed back against backlash over Microsoft’s WHAMM AI demo, which generates Quake II frames in real time without a traditional engine. After critics called it a threat to developer jobs, Carmack compared AI to high-level languages replacing hand-written machine code, calling powerful tools central to computing progress. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney also voiced support.