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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What "overuse of AI" are you referring to?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably that engines are putting Ai in the forefront of searches lately

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Kagi doesn't do that. It doesn't even show you an AI response unless you specifically request it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish there was a cheaper plan that didn’t involve AI at all. Like, I don’t care to have X prompts every month. I’d like to pay just for the engine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You do not pay anything different for AI prompts. You should really actually try the product before you make up all these things about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You do not pay anything different for AI prompts. You should really actually try the product before you make up all these things about it.

But what you pay involves the calculated cost of using the AI, otherwise they’d be losing money if a lot of users were to make too many prompts. So it should be possible to have a lower price that didn’t give you any prompts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The other poster is right... The base plans don't contain any amount of "prompts" and are very reasonable /affordable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Yes, they made it unrestricted which means they’re charging you considering you can use it a lot. That’s what I mean. Using LLMs APIs isn’t free so it has a cost embedded, which they certainly calculated, or else they’d run the risk of it being abused.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Maybe "overuse" isn't the right word. "Over-investment" maybe.

I think the Universal Summarizer and Quick Answer are okay but the Assistant just doesn't do it for me. No one is forcing me to use it or pay for it however and I don't run the company, so it's a moot point...

They've reiterated that AI is central to their mission, I just don't find the LLM interfacing very compelling personally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

It's optional to use though. Just a feature that is up to you to use or not

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Yes, I know..I'm not saying I need to use it or that it's forced on Kagi users. I'm saying that I personally don't agree with the amount of investment and focus on the AI/LLM integrations. I believe the investment would be better spent building out the Kagi index as well as privacy & security functionality. Again, it's a minor complaint and personal preference, not an attack on their business model, strategy or mission.

I still pay for the Ultimate subscription because I believe in them thoroughly. I just personally don't prefer to use LLMs most of the time.