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I admire and applaud Kagi for what they are trying to be. But on the AI front, the Assistant is simply worse than using for example Gemini or ChatGPT directly. It is slower, it cannot generate images etc.
Re: image gen... it's a search engine. Why would I need my refrigerator to toast my bread?
Kagi is unfortunately in a tough spot, imo. I'm a happy subscriber, and it's certainly a big improvement over Google search. But the internet just isn't the same place it was five years ago. And as search results (for non-navigational queries) are becoming less useful by the day, I find myself asking AI to do it for me more. There's a lot to like about Kagi, but they'll probably have to reinvent themselves if they wa…
The people who pay for Kagi do so for very specific reasons, often because they know what "asking AI" really means for their privacy.
By using AI you are doing the opposite. You are letting some random AI get the results for you.
That's assuming Kagi assistant is the AI that searches the Internet. I don't know, I have never used it. I use Kagi search every day though
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For the rest of us that deeply distrust and despise the anti-ethical and wasteful assistants is an upgrade.
Friendly reminder that you're not forced to use it. "I despise soccer, so soccer should disappear".
Kagi is unfortunately in a tough spot, imo. I'm a happy subscriber, and it's certainly a big improvement over Google search. But the internet just isn't the same place it was five years ago. And as search results (for non-navigational queries) are becoming less useful by the day, I find myself asking AI to do it for me more. There's a lot to like about Kagi, but they'll probably have to reinvent themselves if they wa…
Why though. Why does it need to grow beyond a niche premium option? As long as they’re paying the bills and everyone is happy why not just let a good thing keep chugging along.
Good. I'm a paying user from day one, and I never used, nor want to see any AI features on my search engine. I'd use Google if I cared about any of that stuff. Honestly, I just want my money to be used to improve good old match-keywords-against-index search.
They could use AI is to remove web pages with AI generated spam content in search results. I don't know how accurate that could work. For technical blogs there should be a lens that ranks GPG signed articles higher, is that even possible?
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For the rest of us that deeply distrust and despise the anti-ethical and wasteful assistants is an upgrade.
Friendly reminder that you're not forced to use it. "I despise soccer, so soccer should disappear".
Without the Assistant I would probably go back down to the lowest kagi tier.