50,000 ICLR submissions equal 150 person-years of reviews; proposal: AI-only screening round first
DJiafei · x · 2026-09-20
The author estimates that 50,000 ICLR submissions × 3 reviews × 2 hours each equals 300,000 hours of expert labor—about 150 person-years.
To fight AI-generated paper slop without breaking peer review, the proposal: add an AI-only screening round so only papers that pass reach human reviewers, using AI to counter AI slop.
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