Submissions grew ~40%/year pre-LLM, now 200% — LLM is a 5x multiplier
gleech · x · 2026-09-20
Responding to the 'blame the system' take on ICLR's 60k submissions, gleech counters with data: pre-LLM submission growth was 40% a year, this year it's 200%. He accepts publication pressure and slipping standards were already worsening, but argues a 5x jump makes it fair to treat LLMs as the enabler of this surge.
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