AI PhD Slams ICLR Submissions as Recycled, Says Academia Lags Industry

An AI PhD student vented after ICLR reviewer bidding that submissions recycle two-year-old recipes with a new video-generation backbone, declaring CS academia dead and lagging far behind industry.

2026-09-25 ~ 2026-09-26 · 2 related posts

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