Undergrads withdraw all 9 ICLR 2027 submissions after negative reviews, fueling AI slop debate
khademinori · x · 2026-11-07
@SoloGen flagged undergraduate authors who withdrew all 9 of their ICLR 2027 submissions after negative reviews, questioning the practice. Reposter @miniapeur argues academia is being ruined by mass-produced AI slop papers aimed at slipping through peer review — using AI for inspiration, grammar checks, and finding flaws in proofs is fine, but the slop flood makes her want to quit research. The episode captures rising tension between AI-powered submission spam and the peer-review system.
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