Sure there is, AI Product Managers are the people who decide that you WILL see an AI summary at the top of Google Search results and you WILL like it and you WILL NOT turn it off under any circumstances.
Well as a counterpoint I have found that Google's own Gemini has been quite helpful in letting me de-clutter and turn off various nasty more-or-less AI-connected additions in Google's UI. For example it made short order of providing me with the much needed Chrome plugin get_rid_of_TikTok_wanabee_shorts on Youtube.com:
Analytics show that 100% of users keep seeing the thing we put at the top of every page, so they must like seeing it, there's no other explanation. Job well done team!
PSA: If you configure your default search engine to be "https:/ /www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=" (space added to disable link detection) you can get rid of the AI.
It also turns off some nice things like the calculator, but the absence of AI garbage is worth it
function hideShorts() { const shorts = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-rich-shelf-renderer[is-shorts]'); shorts.forEach(short => { short.style.display = 'none'; }); } hideShorts(); const observer = new MutationObserver(hideShorts); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });