AI publication demand and fears of a peer-review death spiral

An ICLR reviewer says five papers left them discouraged: one was desk rejected after their constructive review, two got scores of 1, and they recommended desk rejection for another. They say they would reject the fifth for plagiarism but cannot tell whether a human could attest to its writing. They fear that, without reviewer pay or less drudgery, reviewers may disengage and authors may lose faith in fair reviews.