ICML 2027 PC Chair Asks: How to Handle AI Slop and Submission Explosion
wgrathwohl · x · 2026-09-22
Andrew Wilson, Program Chair for ICML 2027, is soliciting creative suggestions on handling the explosion of AI slop, surging submissions, reviewing quality, and bureaucratic overhead. One notable reply proposes adding a hidden 'AI slop reviewer': all authors and reviewers must identify them, with papers desk-rejected if they can't — a half-joking reflection of academia's peer-review trust crisis.
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