A NeurIPS complaint turns into a broader critique of reviewer accountability

SoloGen · x · 2026-08-04

Reviewers, authors, and conference responsiveness

A short reply to a NeurIPS-related complaint argues that reviewers themselves are part of the problem: if a conference cannot even ensure that reviewers respond to authors during rebuttal, the process is broken.

The post is more of a pointed comment on conference culture than a technical update, but it reflects a real concern in AI research workflows: the asymmetry between author effort and reviewer accountability.

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