• Zero@lemmy.ca
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      17 hours ago

      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.

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          6 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.

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      1 day ago

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

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

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          18 hours ago

          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.

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            18 hours ago

            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.

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              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.

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                17 hours ago

                The other poster is right… The base plans don’t contain any amount of “prompts” and are very reasonable /affordable.

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                  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.