AI makes filler experiments free, fueling ablation bloat in peer review
ipeirotis · x · 2026-11-09
Author ipeirotis endorses AixinSG's take: AI has made filler experiments virtually free, flooding papers with bloated appendices and what he calls "academic cosplay."
Core argument: when reviewers demand dozens of pointless ablations, it isn't rigor or thoroughness — it's author exhaustion dressed up as science, shifting the burden onto reviewers. A pointed critique of how AI is inflating paper volume and distorting peer-review culture.
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