What's this about?
After noting that a real chunk of Accenture's LLM spend is non-engineers using models to convert PDFs into readable formats, Simon Willison quipped that PDFs are overdue for retirement — "boomer technology" — because they're painful to read on a phone. He's separately been vibe-coding games and gaining new respect for game designers.
What does this reveal about how LLMs get used?
The telling detail is the *use case*: a top consultancy's biggest AI spend isn't fancy agents — it's mundane document conversion. It's a reminder that a lot of real, paid AI value is unglamorous format-shifting and text cleanup, not the frontier demos.
Why does it matter?
It grounds the hype: the killer app for many enterprises is "make my documents usable," and that alone justifies serious token budgets.