With NeurIPS results out and ICLR deadline passed, one reading group gets papers at 1:30am and 8:30am

ftm_guney · x · 2026-10-10

With NeurIPS results out and the ICLR deadline passed, researcher ftmguney shares his paper reading group routine: sending a batch of papers before bed at 1:30am, then another batch when he wakes up at 8:30am — and that was just one Friday night.

He jokes that his work-life balance "is not in the room," but at least tagged students can check the papers whenever they want — a window into the intense rhythm of AI academia.

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