ICLR hits 50k submissions as researchers warn of the AI slop era
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-20
- Researcher AlexiGlad notes ICLR submissions have reached 50,000, wondering aloud whether the count could eventually hit 100,000.
- He calls it the era of "AI slop": a flood of low-effort, AI-generated papers overwhelming top-venue review pipelines.
- The number underscores the growing strain on academic peer review as generative AI lowers the cost of mass submissions.
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