▲ 256 ▼ The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now (www.stephendiehl.com) submitted 1 month ago* by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] black0ut@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago (4 children) The irony of Kagi, a for profit AI company, doing this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 5 points 1 month ago (3 children) Their mission has always been about making the web better for humans, though. Their AI stuff is all opt-in and they have a decent philosophy about it: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/ai-philosophy.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] black0ut@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children) Their leadership, business model and finances are sketchy, and the AI stuff being opt-in is a byproduct of their marketing. They are an AI company, and their product is an AI. Kagi Search was just a stepping stone to reach their goal. This is a nice read on Kagi: https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Interesting. I'll take a closer look and read the article you linked to. I haven't used Kagi much, but I did try the trial and their search results are definitely better than Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] black0ut@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago I used Kagi a bit before reading that article, and it was definitely better than Google (tho, at this point, it's a low bar). I have found Qwant to be equally good. But beware, it also has AI stuff. I really wish there was a real no-nonsense search engine without any AI in it, that just worked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 5 points 1 month ago (3 children) Their mission has always been about making the web better for humans, though. Their AI stuff is all opt-in and they have a decent philosophy about it: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/ai-philosophy.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] black0ut@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children) Their leadership, business model and finances are sketchy, and the AI stuff being opt-in is a byproduct of their marketing. They are an AI company, and their product is an AI. Kagi Search was just a stepping stone to reach their goal. This is a nice read on Kagi: https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Interesting. I'll take a closer look and read the article you linked to. I haven't used Kagi much, but I did try the trial and their search results are definitely better than Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] black0ut@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago I used Kagi a bit before reading that article, and it was definitely better than Google (tho, at this point, it's a low bar). I have found Qwant to be equally good. But beware, it also has AI stuff. I really wish there was a real no-nonsense search engine without any AI in it, that just worked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] black0ut@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children) Their leadership, business model and finances are sketchy, and the AI stuff being opt-in is a byproduct of their marketing. They are an AI company, and their product is an AI. Kagi Search was just a stepping stone to reach their goal. This is a nice read on Kagi: https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Interesting. I'll take a closer look and read the article you linked to. I haven't used Kagi much, but I did try the trial and their search results are definitely better than Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] black0ut@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago I used Kagi a bit before reading that article, and it was definitely better than Google (tho, at this point, it's a low bar). I have found Qwant to be equally good. But beware, it also has AI stuff. I really wish there was a real no-nonsense search engine without any AI in it, that just worked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Interesting. I'll take a closer look and read the article you linked to. I haven't used Kagi much, but I did try the trial and their search results are definitely better than Google. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] black0ut@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago I used Kagi a bit before reading that article, and it was definitely better than Google (tho, at this point, it's a low bar). I have found Qwant to be equally good. But beware, it also has AI stuff. I really wish there was a real no-nonsense search engine without any AI in it, that just worked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] black0ut@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago I used Kagi a bit before reading that article, and it was definitely better than Google (tho, at this point, it's a low bar). I have found Qwant to be equally good. But beware, it also has AI stuff. I really wish there was a real no-nonsense search engine without any AI in it, that just worked. permalink fedilink source parent