Robotics researcher calls IROS paper quality 'peak enshittification of academia'
siddhss5 · x · 2026-09-23
A robotics researcher, missing IROS in Pittsburgh, says reading through the papers convinced him academia has hit "peak enshittification." His proposed fix: put authors at a whiteboard and grill them to verify they actually understand what they wrote — especially senior full professors. The post captures growing frustration over conference paper inflation.
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