AI is making papers cheaper to produce. ICLR submissions: 4,938 (2023), 7,262 (2024), 11,603 (2025), 19,525 (2026). Reported 2027 IDs exceed 62K, above roughly 56K paper submissions in all previous years COMBINED. Can reviewers keep up? (1/6)🧵
AI lowers the cost of producing papers while expert review stays scarce, so conference acceptance carries less signal. Practitioners relying on papers should weigh real impact over venue.
