This isn't meant to persuade you, just sharing my own experience. I've found myself almost relying on Kagi's `Quick Answer`. Its fantastic having it off by default and being able to opt-in when I just want a quick summary of some brief search where the info cards don't give me what I want right away.
Agreed. I made a search for "big black sea bird with a name that starts with c" today, and the quick summary helped in a few seconds that Cormorant was the category I was trying to remember.
Glad I didn't have to click into results and dig through the faff, especially as there are plenty such birds.
Ending a Kagi query with a ? gives ok responses with plenty of citations. And those citations are a goldmine when exploring an unknown topic. And it's unobtrusive. I don't see the issue.
And you don't have to pay for it? The lower tiers that Kagi offers doesn't have AI stuff it seems.
The lower tiers don't have Kagi Assistant, but they do have the Quick Answer and Summarization features. You can turn them off or not use them though, so it shouldn't really be an issue.