There's a difference between the author being more upfront about it and straight-up lying on multiple locations that zero AI is involved. It's stated on the landing page, documentation and GitHub - and there might be more locations I havent' seen.
Personally, I would want no involvement in a project where the maintainer is this manipulative and I would find it a tragedy if any people contributed to their project.
Personally, I would want no involvement in a project where the maintainer is this manipulative and I would find it a tragedy if any people contributed to their project.