Reviewer's Dilemma: Wanting to Reject Papers for AI-Generated Responses

yanaiela · x · 2026-08-13

A reviewer shared a relatable moment in academic publishing: when facing a paper with responses clearly generated by AI to敷衍 reviewers, the strong desire is to explicitly reject it as "AI slop." However, maintaining professionalism, the actual written review often politely states, "The authors did not address the reviewers' concerns - reject."

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