[AstroJetson]

Thanks, I appreciate the detailed instructions. Just did all of my browsers to escape the AI. (Which in most cases looked like the first choice just reworded some.

OTOH, I'm thinking about clicking that Make Default button on DuckDuckGo and skipping the entire mess.

[otteromkram]

DDG user here. Definitely worth switching.

Even if DDG doesn't have your exact answer, they have a feature called Bangs! and you can search Google by adding `!g` to your query.

[al_borland]

Check out Kagi, if you’re willing to pay for search. It’s really good, and I’ve actually found their new AI features useful, and they’re not ramming them down my throat.

When it gives an AI answer it has references to the source material so I can go read it. It also only gives an AI answer if I ask a question and use a question mark. If I don’t I need to click to request an AI response. They also have an AI thing to summarize a page or ask questions about a page. This is also not automatic, the button for it isn’t even visible unless hovering over the link. I find it to be a nice balance. There if I need/want it, but gone when I don’t.

[reaperducer]

OTOH, I'm thinking about clicking that Make Default button on DuckDuckGo and skipping the entire mess.

Bad news. The Duck has AI now, too.

I just searched for something and it popped up DuckAssist with "Try generating an answer from Wikipedia."