'People generated 36000 papers': AI spam forces a rethink of peer review

ObhishekSaha · x · 2026-10-06

In the ongoing debate, @littmath cites concrete evidence: he has received emails from people who have generated 36000 papers with AI, making the 'end of human refereeing' seem plausible. Saha responds that one should raise standards, rely on traditional signals plus LLMs, and says it is too hasty to declare human refereeing dead.

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