Are we optimizing AI research for acceptance rather than lasting value? [D]

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Summary

A researcher critiques how AI conference acceptance culture prioritizes satisfying reviewers over producing work with lasting value, noting the expectation of extensive evaluations that are rarely verified by others.

The current AI conference acceptance culture feels like it leaves little room for the kind of spark we once cherished in research (at least in my own experience). It seems to run on tons of evaluations to let reviewers believe solid, often far beyond the level of interest that can be realistically sustained for any single project, and almost nobody will verify them again.
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