New paper: LLM-implemented checklists reduce "lottery variance" in peer review

JessicaHullman · x · 2026-10-30

Jessica Hullman's team proposes targeting AI at known weaknesses of human review rather than automating it: lottery variance, where different reviewer draws change outcomes. They show LLM-implemented checklists learned from prior review can reduce variance with limited added bias.

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