AI Academic Drama: Paper Criticized for Omitting Related Work in Main Text
cgarciae88 · x · 2026-08-04
The author weighs in on a recent controversy in the AI academic community regarding citation practices. He points out that the "cardinal sin" committed by the researchers was failing to mention related prior work (such as IMLE) in the main text of their paper.
He notes that while the new research makes a substantial contribution by simplifying the technique and making it more scalable, properly acknowledging previous work without diminishing one's own contribution is a fundamental requirement of academic norms.
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