'Competent reviewers already use LLMs': scholar defends AI-assisted peer review
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-23
Scholar Rex Douglass argues that while some see LLM-written reviews as a sign of disrespect, "for anyone competent it would be weirder if they weren't using LLMs to help them review your stuff right now."
He pairs this with a blunt critique of peer review itself:
- Peer review was never great — on anything quantitative, reviewers would never look at the actual data or code;
- Yet endless mindless framing and robustness-check questions were always forthcoming.
A candid take on an ongoing shift academia rarely says out loud: LLM-assisted reviewing is already the norm.
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