Google search as become nothing more than a shitty AI by design. Alternative search engines are the only means to actually navigate.

I can still find core material using an alternative.

Don't worry, Google is now embedding that AI into Android's core. Rinse and repeat, expect the same results.

Agree on google, Kagi though is usually better than ai responses. I’m actually a bit annoyed at the new Siri AI as it often does an AI response when I just want a Kagi search.

LLMs are a much better experience than what web search has become nowadays. And they probably are a better experience than what standard search could ever be.

But yeah, that doesn't mean they are doing much more than search.

Google already has AI overviews which I use instead of polluting my ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini chats.

I remember years ago before LLMs my colleague told me he was impressed by my Google-fu. I was just as speechless whenever I saw him type his search queries which led nowhere. Apparently it’s a skill

Until they inevitably shit it up. To be apples to apples, gotta compare to peak google era