I needed to restart Logos, and now when I tried to do an "All" search, that AI thing is there. How do I get rid of it?
Click on Books, then make sure it's set to Precise instead of Smart. That will give you the non-AI search engine.
All only uses AI searching.
It seems Logos is giving everyone free access to it for a limited time.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an option to entirely hide it, but if you ignore the All tab and go strictly to the Books tab and make sure it's set to Precise, that will give you what you need for sure.
I wish Logos would add an option to allow uses to completely hide AI features if need be. While I have personally benefited from Smart Search, there are some users who simply do not want or are unable to use AI features at all.
The other option I'm seeing is you can go offline, but that wouldn't be practical in the event you need to install updates, new books, or backup/sync user content.
If you enter Precise search syntax into the All search tab, it will automatically switch to Precise search mode. But there's no setting to switch it to Precise search yourself unfortunately.
Hi @Kiyah, could you provide a screenshot of what you mean? I'm not sure how to enter the precise search syntax.
@Kristin A precise search uses search operators or data labels:
earth NEAR heaven
headword:Baptism
What types of searches do you normally put in the All tab? If you want more control, you should use the Books tab as Dr. Baker suggested.
@Kiyah Thanks for that! Good to know there is a way to get Precise searches out of All in case we need to.
This is amazing.
Hi @Kiyah, I see. My understanding is that headword:baptism would ONLY pull instances where baptism is the main topic, and would disregard instances where it is just randomly mentioned. Is that correct? If so, that would be an issue since when I am doing an "All" search I really mean it, and I want "all" hits. The AI thing is advertised that "it returns highly-relevant information from Logos resources and generates a synopsis from the most relevant results." That is specifically why I don't want AI (one of the reasons…). I am a researcher and am looking for information which has been neglected, so obviously what I am looking for wouldn't be classified as "highly-relevant" by a robot. So I am worried the "headword" command would do the same thing and disregard some of what I am looking for since it is not the main topic in whatever book. I can't do earth NEAR heaven since I am normally just searching one word.
The problem with the "books" tab is that it only searches my books, and disregards my notes and sermons, if I understand correctly.
My understanding is that headword:baptism would ONLY pull instances where baptism is the main topic, and would disregard instances where it is just randomly mentioned. Is that correct? If so, that would be an issue since when I am doing an "All" search I really mean it, and I want "all" hits.
Headwords are the entries in dictionaries and encyclopedia. headword:baptism would pick up dictionary, encyclopedia, and similar works that have an article titled "baptism".
But to switch to precise, it is easy enough to ask for baptism OR baptisms to force the switch
Hi @MJ. Smith, what you said seems to confirm that the headword wouldn't work for my needs. Regarding switching to precise, how do I do that? As you can see on my screenshot, my only option is this AI stuff. If I try to click on the AI symbol the only thing I can do is have Logos define what the AI is doing, but I can't get rid of it
@Kristin I used headword as just an example of what a data label was. I wasn't suggesting that you use that specific data label for your searches.
@MJ. Smith the 'baptism OR baptisms' suggestion is a great tip that I hadn't thought of.
Hi @Kiyah,
Ok, thanks, and I finally understand. As mentioned, I only search for one word at a time, but as an example, let's say I wanted the exact hit of "ark" or something, I see that I can say: ark OR fakeword and it defaults to precise and obviously only captures the word I really want since my other word can't be found.
So I admit this is sort of obnoxious compared to how it was before Logos restarted, but at least there is a way to sneak around the AI and keep it's nose out of my work.
Has someone tried it with "ark" yet? Would that force a precise search?
@Dr. Nathan Parker Has someone tried it with "ark" yet? Would that force a precise search?
It does not force a precise search.
Searching All will include hits in books that Logos sells but you don't own. Searching Books will restrict the search to just YOUR books. (I use Books as my default search anyway.) Just use that and choose Precise.
I used 100% of my ai allotment last month and then logos became almost useless. Even Factbook was unavailable. It seems like it should have the availability it had prior to ai implementation, shouldn't it?
Maybe I need a refresher in how the whole system works together to get around it or to understand it better.
Hi @Jonathan Huber, yes, I understand the distinction what you said about books. The reason I use "all" is because I am often looking for information not in books specifically. When I do an all search, I guess from now on I will just add "OR fakeword" until Logos goes back to how it was before.
Hi @Steve Kuhn, I am really sorry to hear that. :( This is just a thought, but if you search for whatever you want and add "OR fakeword" does that help at all? Or is the Factbook still dead?
"Books" searches search your entire library. (https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/8715137664013-Books-Search) You can test this by searching for something like "love", then group the search returns by Type. There's everything in there… monographs, journal articles, bibles, media collections… You're searching everything you have, even if "Books" as a label might give the impression that you're not.
As someone coming up on their one year anniversary with Logos, I need all the help I can get. @Kristin there is a whole section on search functions located here: https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000675231-Logos-Training and here a screen shot of the section on that page, just in case you hadn't seen it before. I hope it helps. I have bookmarked it for my own future use.
Hi @Jonathan Huber,
Ya, I understand that, but it excludes ALL of my notes, and it excludes ALL of my sermons. And further, there is no "all" books so I have to search downloaded and cloud separately.
Hi @Pat Ryder, thanks for the links. I have no idea why it won't hyperlink your name.
@Kristin In the Books tab, to search all of your books (downloaded, cloud, print, personal), select "Your Books" from the selection dropdown.
Ya, I understand that, but it excludes ALL of my notes, and it excludes ALL of my sermons
Notes and Sermons are searchable in a Docs search
(There is a bug in that you can't just select Notes to search those - but they are included in search results)
Hi @Kiyah, ya, maybe I am mistaken, but I think "your books" excludes locked things from the store (which the All search used to include before the AI stuff). Hi @Graham Criddle, yes, I suppose I am still grateful that I can still search my docs through the "docs" tab. I had just appreciated it how the "all" search searched everything, including my books and docs all at once. I suppose it is ok to search my books, then do the same search again on the docs, so I had really appreciated the "all" function prior to the AI.
Also, on a side note, I am kind of confused why the AI is even getting in the way at all. Given that the AI is a subscription, it seems like if I don't subscribe I should at least have the option to turn the AI off (with the program still functioning, obviously, and not stop working like @Steve Kuhn ran into).
"Given that the AI is a subscription, it seems like if I don't subscribe I should at least have the option to turn the AI off (with the program still functioning, obviously, and not stop working like @Steve Kuhn ran into)."
But then, FL can't induce you to subscribe. It's like demanding someone drink-up at a party.
Hi @DMB, ya, what you said had been my thought too. The only thing is though, is that it has sort of backfired for me, as the AI answers have been barking up the wrong tree from my actual search, and further, it draws from books which are not scholarly. Nothing against those types of books, but they just aren't connected to my search. I admit I am kind of confused why it isn't first drawing from the books I have marked as priority books and opting to go to the Sunday School books, but whatever the case, it has really solidified my fear of using AI with my work.
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