ICLR Area Chair Blasts Reviewers Going AWOL and Authors Gaming the System
Pseudomanifold · x · 2026-10-29
An ICLR area chair shares front-line observations from this review cycle: desk rejects are useful and give ACs agency, some authors are abusing the system and should be named and sanctioned, and some reviewers with strong ICLR track records (possibly current submitters themselves) have gone AWOL. The core issue, they argue, isn't AI versus not-AI but taking responsibility for one's papers and duties.
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