arXiv submissions hit liftoff: real AI-accelerated research or slop flood?
CSProfKGD · x · 2026-10-02
- A researcher observes arXiv monthly submissions surging to a "lift-off" level.
- Two competing readings: AI is meaningfully accelerating research, or low-effort AI slop is flooding preprints and eroding their meaning.
- The author asks how we could actually measure which explanation is true, with no clear answer yet.
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