Although I probably spend up to $700 or so on AI tools monthly. I feel like I get multiples of value out of that. Mainly it allows me to build side projects si

Although I probably spend up to $700 or so on AI tools monthly. I feel like I get multiples of value out of that. Mainly it allows me to build side projects significantly faster. My salaried workplace output is accelerated so I have more time to work on side projects, I can do more side projects in similar amount of time, I can do consultation on the side, which allows me to bill for much more than $700. Copilot gives enough energy to be able to code 12h+ a day. Usually those little things that Copilot auto completes for you, really stack up in terms of being mentally exhausting. But I can be in a "big picture" role, and think in terms of that, while Copilot does the coding for me, I will just check the code, rearrange something if required. It is like I'm more of in a CTO or CEO role of my side projects and have this extra coder that I'm doing reviews for. I probably bill around 60% of my salaried work freelancing on the side, and I wouldn't bother to do this freelancing without GPT, so for me it has directly contributed to 60% increase in income. I think people who aren't willing to spend on that, either don't understand how to multiply their output from it or don't understand how to make multiplied output into effective income.