Do you have any evidence whatsoever that this AI stuff was unpopular among the wider community? These kinds of cases where open source maintainers cave to pres

Do you have any evidence whatsoever that this AI stuff was unpopular among the wider community? These kinds of cases where open source maintainers cave to pressure are almost never the result of consensus among all users. It's usually the result of a small number of people brigading the issue tracker until the maintainer gives up and does it to shut them up. Unfortunately the result is often against the interests of the wider community.