Should arXiv auto-reject AI-generated papers? Researchers weigh detection vs accountability

brhkim · x · 2026-09-14

A proposal suggests Pangram could give arXiv free API credits to desk-reject submissions flagged as mostly AI-generated. Tom Dietterich's framing won support: the issue isn't AI writing per se, but its likely link to authors who don't understand their own papers and can't take real accountability. Commenters argue automated detection beats trying to manually assess author expertise.

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