I use river and pair it with kwm. Not sure about their LLM policy, but I don't see any gregarious signs of usage in the repo: https://github.com/kewuaa/kwm.

Would recommend to anyone coming from dwm.

It sucks how much IP they own. Mechwarrior is another one that grinds my gears.

Cal Newport does a great job illuminating the distinction between the marketing hype and the technical reality. I'm sure most here are familiar with his views, but if not: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=jxM35ij5VGg