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Crashing out after ICLR desk rejection: "content exceeds the 9-page limit." [D]
"Imagine building AGI just to get cooked by a 1-line margin error."
Explain Like I'm Normal
A researcher at ICLR was desk-rejected because their paper accidentally spilled onto a 10th page by a single sentence. Ironically, the conference's automated LLM feedback tool failed to flag this basic formatting violation while providing a generic critique of the research. It highlights the absurdity of academic gatekeeping where a PDF margin error outweighs months of technical labor.
#iclr#academia#llm-slop#rejected
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