Academic's math joke: my lab has k=0 papers accepted at NeurIPS
Pseudomanifold · x · 2026-09-25
A circulating AI-circle joke: replying to NeurIPS chatter, a researcher reports results the mathematician's way — "My lab (me) also has k (k=0) papers accepted and v rejected from NeurIPS."
The gag of using variables instead of numbers resonates with the community's shared gallows humor about brutal acceptance rates at top ML conferences.
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