> I measured an ~8x increase in my project's commit count after AI,

That's irrelevant. What's the increase in revenue?

I'm a hobbyist. My revenue will only increase if my work somehow lands me a job at some point.

Are you not employed at all?

Yes, but my field has not been hit by the AI frenzy yet. Outside the usual attempts to automate us, that is. I've used AI at work for research and corroboration but it hasn't led to 100x performance or anything of the sort.