arXiv moderation policy sparks backlash amid surge of papers authors may not understand
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-15
A new dispute over arXiv's submission policies:
- Thomas Dietterich flagged a trend of authors submitting papers whose contents they likely do not understand, warning the problem may extend to conferences and journals.
- AmirRPeimani pushed back hard, arguing arXiv has always been a pre-print platform with almost zero peer review and that recent moderation is overreach; he claims to be a victim of the policy.
- The core tension: as AI paper volume explodes, should arXiv stay a zero-barrier pre-print server or add content-quality screening?
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