Mathematician: honest AI disclosures are getting papers rejected while silence pays off
scottnarmstrong · x · 2026-11-08
Mathematician Scott Armstrong argues we should assume virtually all papers are now heavily aided by frontier models. If solemn declarations (Terry Tao, the Leiden declaration) insist on AI-use disclosure, then everyone must do it accurately. But reviews like "amazing paper but the author used AI" are already causing rejections — so the honest and transparent get punished while silent users benefit. That system, he argues, cannot work.
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