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I was intrigued until I saw this in the FAQ: > What is Nyxt? > Nyxt is a browser with deeply integrated AI and semantic document tools that work as a second b

I was intrigued until I saw this in the FAQ: > What is Nyxt? > Nyxt is a browser with deeply integrated AI and semantic document tools that work as a second brain to help you process and understand more, more quickly. No mention of what sort of "AI", where it's run, etc. If nothing else, this sounds like a recipe for a warm laptop and unreliable results.

medo-bear 2y ago
im inclined to believe this is gof ai not nn ai
- sourcepluck 2y ago
  Had to look that up: "Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence"
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sigmonsays 2y ago
The AI plug is obligatory. They have to ride the hype train too. This browser was around before AI was popular and when I used it, it was great. The only downside is the lack of ability to run extensions, like bitwarden.
- goku12 2y ago
  Nyxt is supposed to be as extensible as Emacs and way more extensible than mainstream browsers that use WebExtensions. The lack of extensions is likely due to its miniscule market share.
  - avodonosov 2y ago
    Somebody should use the extrnsibility to integrate it with blockchain then, to make even more cool. (and more hot)
    - yapyap 2y ago
      hahaha, you’re joking right? honestly I can’t tell over text
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      - margalabargala 2y ago
        Not at all. A blockchain integration will go perfectly with the builtin AI.
      - avodonosov 2y ago
        Joking. But there is some truth in every joke...
  - slightwinder 2y ago
    > The lack of extensions is likely due to its miniscule market share. It's because they are not implementing support for WebExtensions. Which is of course not that simple, but it's not because of lacking market share. And it seems they are kinda have it on the list[1], by switching to chromium[2]. [1] https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2875 https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2875 [2] https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2989 https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2989
dartos 2y ago
Nyxt has been around long before the whole ai hype. I guess they’re just trying ti ride the marketing wave.
sourcepluck 2y ago
I agree that's is a bad look, and I wonder who does Nyxt's writing. And I wonder what they mean, I didn't think there was any sort of LLM integration, and definintely not built in... has something changed there? Do they just mean it's built with Lisp? What are these semantic document tools?
- ksp-atlas 2y ago
  When I first tried nyxt I never saw anything about AI (I never ended up using it because it would frequently crash and it was annoying to customize)
scrps 2y ago
Just clustering, which makes sense, as far as I can see peeking at the code. Whole codebase is lisp which I don't have a ton of experience with so caveat emptor. https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/tree/master/libraries/analysis https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/tree/master/libraries...
vindarel 2y ago
Last time I looked there was no AI at all. I guess it's a buzzword the so called manager of the team felt obliged to put in.

medo-bear 2y ago

im inclined to believe this is gof ai not nn ai

sourcepluck 2y ago
Had to look that up: "Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence"

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sigmonsays 2y ago

The AI plug is obligatory. They have to ride the hype train too. This browser was around before AI was popular and when I used it, it was great. The only downside is the lack of ability to run extensions, like bitwarden.

goku12 2y ago
Nyxt is supposed to be as extensible as Emacs and way more extensible than mainstream browsers that use WebExtensions. The lack of extensions is likely due to its miniscule market share.
- avodonosov 2y ago
  Somebody should use the extrnsibility to integrate it with blockchain then, to make even more cool. (and more hot)
  - yapyap 2y ago
    hahaha, you’re joking right? honestly I can’t tell over text
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    - margalabargala 2y ago
      Not at all. A blockchain integration will go perfectly with the builtin AI.
    - avodonosov 2y ago
      Joking. But there is some truth in every joke...
- slightwinder 2y ago
  > The lack of extensions is likely due to its miniscule market share. It's because they are not implementing support for WebExtensions. Which is of course not that simple, but it's not because of lacking market share. And it seems they are kinda have it on the list[1], by switching to chromium[2]. [1] https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2875 https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2875 [2] https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2989 https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/issues/2989

dartos 2y ago

Nyxt has been around long before the whole ai hype. I guess they’re just trying ti ride the marketing wave.

sourcepluck 2y ago

I agree that's is a bad look, and I wonder who does Nyxt's writing. And I wonder what they mean, I didn't think there was any sort of LLM integration, and definintely not built in... has something changed there? Do they just mean it's built with Lisp? What are these semantic document tools?

ksp-atlas 2y ago
When I first tried nyxt I never saw anything about AI (I never ended up using it because it would frequently crash and it was annoying to customize)

scrps 2y ago

Just clustering, which makes sense, as far as I can see peeking at the code. Whole codebase is lisp which I don't have a ton of experience with so caveat emptor. https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/tree/master/libraries/analysis https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/tree/master/libraries...

vindarel 2y ago

Last time I looked there was no AI at all. I guess it's a buzzword the so called manager of the team felt obliged to put in.