is turning off google ai even possible at the moment?

two things that work better than clicking the filter every time. put -ai at the end of the search and the overview usually doesn't show. or set a custom search engine in your browser with udm=14 added to the google search url - that's the same Web filter, just on by default, so every search from the address bar comes back as plain links.

there's no proper off switch that i've found, which is the annoying answer. what works day to day is the Web filter on the results page - it strips things back to plain links. it doesn't stick though, so you're clicking it every search unless you save a search that already has the filter on it.