ICLR submission fee proposal mocked: were predatory conferences right all along?
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-20
Amid frustration over AI-slop submissions, a user jokingly suggested ICLR add a submission fee and spend it burning a Ferrari at next year's opening event. Igor Carron quipped that this makes predatory conferences — which charge submission fees — look right all along.
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