Scholar Analyzes How AI is Reshaping Paper Production and Peer Review
peter_richtarik · x · 2026-07-26
Prominent researcher Peter Richtarik delves into the complex role of AI in academic paper production and peer review.
He notes that we cannot control what authors do, outlining several distinct usage patterns:
- Generating slop: Some will blindly generate AI slop without even knowing the paper's content.
- Complete rejection: Some won't use AI reviewers at all, perhaps due to deadlines.
- Ineffective usage: Some will use AI feedback but fail to understand or fix the issues, some of which may be fatal.
- Polishing: Some will merely use AI to polish specific parts or aspects of their work.
- Deep integration: A few might embed an AI reviewer directly into their workflow, iteratively improving the work until "convergence".
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