Reviewer scandal: Pangram flags 3 of 4 peer reviews as 100% AI-generated on a rejected paper
nsaphra · x · 2026-11-06
Researcher nsaphra reports her most practically impactful paper received scores of 2/2/3/2, with Pangram flagging 3 of 4 reviews as 100% AI-generated.
- Quoted bennokrojer hit the same pattern: 2 of 3 reviews look fully AI-written; the third just says "not surprising / what's the point" with high confidence, despite a result the community should find surprising
- nsaphra adds the shortest review was 43% AI-generated — acceptable only if any human reviews existed
- She notes reviewers appear to give up reading amid a mountain of AI slop, and the system likely can't afford to ban them
The thread highlights peer review's dual crisis in the AI era: authors flooding venues with slop while reviewers delegate to AI.
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