ICLR reviewer laments flood of 'slopterpretability' paper titles during bidding
sarahwiegreffe · x · 2026-09-25
NLP researcher Sarah Wiegreffe vented while bidding on ICLR papers, saying the flood of "slopterpretability" titles is depressing — a jab at low-effort interpretability papers. She jokes about the "unwilling to review" button being tempting but ultimately unproductive.
Related event: ICLR Reviewer Bemoans Flood of 'Slopterpretability' Papers(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Should leading AI labs face radical transparency at the cost of trade secrets? — dhadfieldmenell · 2026-09-25
- The New Yorker: There is no AI "race" — first to invent rarely wins — jjding99 · 2026-09-25
- Same AI tools are making every app look identical, just like algorithmic content — vhanagwal · 2026-09-25
- AI Benchmarks Now Test Real Lab Science Skills, Not Just QA — 141_1337 · 2026-09-25
- Study: top AI experts badly underestimated how fast the field is moving — The Decoder · 2026-09-25
- Researcher Warns AI Is Breeding Nihilism Among Scientists; Jack Clark Responds — doomslide · 2026-09-25