The only way we could have "more and larger buck than ever before" is if the 2.5+ bucks produced by ARs would be larger than the 2.5+ buck pre-AR. Furthermore, the guys from KQDC are claiming their 2.5+ buck are bigger now than in 2002.
Alt also said ARs would double the number of 8 pt. buck and the only way that could happen is if more 2.5+ buck produced more points than 2.%+ buck priorr to ARs.