ICLR reviews turn meme-worthy: identical reviewer comments and one likely written by ChatGPT
Dr_Alex_Crimi · x · 2026-11-07
After ICLR reviews came out, @zivravid highlighted a farcical case: two reviewers posted nearly verbatim comments ("well-written, important problem, consider additional baselines"), while a third began with "Certainly! Here is a review of the paper:" — a telltale sign the review was generated by ChatGPT. DrAlexCrimi says he's holding off submissions to conferences until the peer-review situation is understood. The post resonated widely about peer-review quality in the AI era.
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