Researcher claims only ~500 serious results per top venue amid AI paper flood
yuqirose · x · 2026-09-22
In a discussion about AI paper quality, a researcher bluntly estimated that only 500 results per venue are serious (an optimistic number), with the rest likely filler — "in AI, it's become fashionable to write a paper." The reply asks how to distinguish genuine researchers from those spamming the system.
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