AI-assisted review is reportedly dragging conference scores down since mid-2023
jm_alexia · x · 2026-07-25
- The post claims AI-assisted reviewing has already pushed conference first-round scores down sharply since mid-2023.
- It says what used to be around a median 5 at ICLR is now described as a landscape where even 3 can count as a high score.
- The broader point is that AI reviewing is reshaping academic evaluation norms and making PhD life more difficult, at least in the author's view.
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