Of 60,000 ICLR Submissions, Maybe 500 Are Serious Results, Researcher Says
EarlenceF · x · 2026-09-21
Security researcher Earlence Fernandes offers a blunt take on ICLR 2027's 60,000+ submissions: optimistically only around 500 are serious results, with the rest being something else. In AI, he says, 'writing a paper' has become fashionable rather than the product of deep thinking.
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