Yeah, modern AI-assistants are LLMs, that's not surprising. I'd even argue that LLMs are the right tool for the job here (but not all AI, or at least only as the part that binds the rest together)
I'd argue that Perplexity is in this camp as well. It's my go-to for anything more open-ended or for multi-step research I need to do. No need to wade through garbage search results, and it cites its sources. Kagi seems to be doing very much the same thing, but in addition to their paid search engine service.
I don't know that I'd switch from Perplexity, but I could see an argument for it.
Stop it. Or, if you must, make sure you leave me in my original plan and don't make me pay for this obnoxious shit. I know what I'm paying for, and I like it.
Been using their AI features for months, been using this beta for a week. It's the main way I use search now, since it feeds the search results to the LLM context and gives cites it really speeds up the process of picking the best source or especially combining searches. It also uses your custom rankings and lenses, so there's that too. Handy for programming tasks.
In the first couple of years (2018 - 2019) Kagi was focused on AI technology, driven by the notion that any future search engine will need to have a strong instant question-answering component.
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More than just ChatGPT:
But... Then that's literally false?
Yeah, modern AI-assistants are LLMs, that's not surprising. I'd even argue that LLMs are the right tool for the job here (but not all AI, or at least only as the part that binds the rest together)
Oh no, someone would use hyperbole for a JOKE?! The AUDACITY!
it's still ironing out some bugs, but you can try it out after enabling it in the "lab" section
The neighborhood stray has one called "Catscan"
As a surprise to absolutely nobody, the search company highly involved with LLMs makes a third (forth?) LLM assisted tool
It's probably not written in Forth
This is the way to do it.
It's also only on the unlimited plan.
AI assistant with an actual business model for once
I'd argue that Perplexity is in this camp as well. It's my go-to for anything more open-ended or for multi-step research I need to do. No need to wade through garbage search results, and it cites its sources. Kagi seems to be doing very much the same thing, but in addition to their paid search engine service.
I don't know that I'd switch from Perplexity, but I could see an argument for it.
Noooooooo
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Dear Kagi,
Stop it. Or, if you must, make sure you leave me in my original plan and don't make me pay for this obnoxious shit. I know what I'm paying for, and I like it.
Fuck it up at your own peril.
Sincerly, A Paying Customer.
I'm not sure what I need an AI assistant for when I'm eating breakfast, but OK.
I'm out until one of these can assist with my crank
Alright everyone time to head back to good old SearX. Fun time is over
Been using their AI features for months, been using this beta for a week. It's the main way I use search now, since it feeds the search results to the LLM context and gives cites it really speeds up the process of picking the best source or especially combining searches. It also uses your custom rankings and lenses, so there's that too. Handy for programming tasks.
They literally started as an AI company, and I'd bet money the CEO is a huge fan of it. Did search even cross the profitability threshold yet?