ICLR 2027 reviews criticized as unusually shallow: generic bullets, low scores without justification
Charming-Fail-772 · reddit · 2026-11-07
A Reddit user reviewing their ICLR 2027 reviews found most are extremely shallow — barely workshop-level: typically two generic bullet points per section (strengths, weaknesses, questions), with almost no discussion of a method's motivation, impact, or soundness.
Worse, nearly all come with a score of 2, even when the issues raised wouldn't justify a straight reject. The author asks whether others are seeing the same pattern and admits it makes them question the point of doing a PhD or research at all — part of the ongoing debate about declining peer-review quality at major ML conferences.
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