ICLR 2027 hits 60k submissions, sparking calls to just shut the conference down
_onionesque · x · 2026-09-20
With ICLR 2027 reportedly drawing 60,000 submissions, a 20% acceptance rate would mean 12,000 accepted papers — prompting questions about what the reviewing system is even for. Reposting the stat, @pfau went further: ICLR is younger than AlexNet, hardly a storied institution, and has "run its course" — maybe just shut it down.
The exchange captures growing debate over whether AI's top conference model can survive its own submission explosion.
Related event: ICLR 2027 Submissions Top 62K, Exceeding All Previous Years Combined(35 posts)→
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