Researchers debate capping submissions at 3 papers a year as conference slop proliferates
3scorciav · x · 2026-10-22
Han Langer called on the research community to introspect and submit no more than 3 solid papers a year, arguing that proliferating micro-conferences are hard to follow and new venues will drown in slop. A sharp reply counters that any quantification without community consensus serves either soul-washing or boosting the scaling narrative, and that people who genuinely care are branching into other fields and setting commitment boundaries — a representative debate on paper inflation in AI academia.
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