I have liked Kagi’s approach. If I add a question mark to the end of my search string it will show the AI results… or there is a button to display them. I almost always do this, because I find it helpful, but I like that I am opting into it as needed, rather than it feeling forced on me.
“We have invested in the ai, so the peons will _use_ the ai and we will get that ROI” - the PM’s, I imagine.
Their hard pushing makes me use it less. I've ended several subscriptions citing this
(and I like ai and find it generally useful, but not in ever f'n little space they can find to make back their overspending during a hype cycle)
I have liked Kagi’s approach. If I add a question mark to the end of my search string it will show the AI results… or there is a button to display them. I almost always do this, because I find it helpful, but I like that I am opting into it as needed, rather than it feeling forced on me.
You can make it go away, there was hn post showing how to configure browser to not use it.