Editor runs paper through ChatGPT after rejection; AI finds real errors missed by reviewer

skdh · x · 2026-08-15

A researcher shared an experience where, after a paper was rejected due to an unproductive back-and-forth with a referee making repeated mistakes, the editor ran the manuscript through ChatGPT. Unlike the human reviewer, the AI uncovered actual errors in the paper and provided genuinely useful feedback. The author concluded that a real-time chat with an LLM is preferable to months-long back-and-forth with human reviewers.

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