This is a shit take, Nobody called my $30 chess computer from 1994 an AI. Literally nobody uses the term intelligence like that unless they are grifting or deluded. Nobody has a fucking genus of intelligence that includes bash scripts. Jesus fucking christ.
Does this introduce more revenue streams for Mozilla? This dev said this does not impact their financials in any significant way. Your post is a hypothetical, but this opt-out feature is very real.