I can’t stop laughing at this comment. I think that’s what we all did!

“The AI bubble is a jobs program” is an… interesting take.

it’s a lot more productive than the circle jerking fraud of the mortgage derivatives crisis

No value is being created here. It’s a circular shell game and it’s going to wreck the economy for everybody.

I’m guessing you wren’t around for the collapse of companies laying fiber infrastructure, a la MCI and Global Crossing? That was 20 years ago. Some of the fiber is being used now, but not a lot.

it’ll leave in its wake a huge glut of computing power

And what, pray tell, will we do with this glut of computing power? They’re specifically purpose-built hardware in specifically purpose-built data centers. They’re not good for anything else than these LLM models.

But, we’re burning more coal to power these, so… 🤷

Why in the hell would they make something people want?

Personally, I’m saving up for the “Apple Stick and Bindle”, the nouveau-hobo accessory of the season.

Burning billions of dollars per quarter with no path to profitability is definitely thoughtful and disciplined.

My company’s online product uses passkeys (I implemented it) more as a convenience method for login. 2FA is the base standard, and authenticated users can create a passkey for each device they want to use. Subsequent logins can then use the passkey or 2FA. Rather than having to dig out my phone, open the authenticator app, and put in the digits, I can simply use the fingerprint reader and I’m right in.

Where’s the chick who does vocals?

That or the human who made this is a quad

Only seeing the light when it affects them directly. Classic.

It’s one of their best features. No ads being the best, since that also means you get real results and no “sponsored” bullshit. They also have ai slop filters.

The whole concept of “curing cancer” is such a trope. Cancer is a condition, and it annoys the fuck out of me that people treat it as one disease like measles or the flu.

This is the best thing I’ve seen all day, even better than Dick Cheney dying.

This one blog post (which is clearly a personal vendetta) is always cited when people dislike Kagi. The product itself is fantastic, and the optional AI-ish features are optional and not shoved in your face. As a subscriber, I get a yearly questionnaire sent to me which polls for customer priorities, areas for improvement, and general comments. I gladly fill it out every time, and this year I said “re-focus on search, the core product. Stop spreading resources so thinly.” I know I’m not the only one answering this way lately.

There will always be haters of a company and personal beefs which inform that. Vlad is no saint but he’s honest and direct. He believes in providing a great service and it’s worth every penny I pay for it. That can change in the future and I would rethink my stance; in the meantime, I pay for a product I like and use all the time.

Smugly smirks in Kagi

Oh look he’s taking a company who is doing great in their vertical and driving it completely off the rails chasing teenage sci-fi bullshit. Where have I seen this before…?

wat

I’m with you, it has its narrow set of uses. I sure wish it was only treated as the somewhat handy tool it actually is.

That’s a pretty good Black Mirror plot, it would be hilarious. Too bad the current “AI” isn’t even capable of math.

Love the poem. Concerned by the fact that at the end of the book, the character actually loves the original topic of derision once they try it.

They’re selling overpriced sugar water, constant advertising is all they have.