AI reviewers can't tell limitations from critical flaws, scholars warn of skewed research culture
peter_richtarik · x · 2026-11-07
jiaxinpei laments that in 2026 AI reviewers can't distinguish limitations from critical issues — an LLM can find 100+ limitations in any paper, even the best in history, but that doesn't mean it should be rejected. anirbitmaths adds the dangerous message to PhD students: only beating a row of baselines counts as good research, while logically grounded methods that underperform in practice are often the core research — the rest is industrialization.
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