Any chance of developing a non-AI branch of Calibre?

I know some people are perfectly happy to have AI hooks integrated into all of their software, but I am honestly very, very, VERY saddened (and upset) that Calibre is being diverted into this development. I understand that there are mechanisms to turn off AI. I have no interest in turning off AI. My interest is in absolutely zero intersection with AI hooks or capability.

Will there be any branches of Calibre that have NO AI hooks and capability built in? If not, which is the last version that was AI free? My last update was 9.7 before I realized that there was AI integration happening. My bad... It looks like it might have been version 8.11???

Thank you...