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Google DeepMind's Jon Barron questions NeurIPS's LLM ban, pointing to AI summaries in standard web searches

Ruiz joked the policy forces a regression to 2018.

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Jon Barron@jon_barron#281inTech

Hey @NeurIPSConf, your "strict policy prohibiting reviewers and ACs from using LLMs as part of the reviewing process" --- what exactly does this mean? Can I use google search to learn about math while reviewing, or must I avert my eyes from the AI summary?

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Nat McAleese@__nmca__

@jon_barron @NeurIPSConf I probably agree with you overall but fwiw google AI summary is so bad it got KL mode covering direction wrong once!

Jon Barron@jon_barron

Hey @NeurIPSConf, your "strict policy prohibiting reviewers and ACs from using LLMs as part of the reviewing process" --- what exactly does this mean? Can I use google search to learn about math while reviewing, or must I avert my eyes from the AI summary?

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Jon Barron@jon_barron

@__nmca__ @NeurIPSConf Oof can relate, I do that all the time myself

Nat McAleese@__nmca__

@jon_barron @NeurIPSConf I probably agree with you overall but fwiw google AI summary is so bad it got KL mode covering direction wrong once!

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Nataniel Ruiz@natanielruizg

@jon_barron @NeurIPSConf we have to pretend like it's 2018 😁

Jon Barron@jon_barron

Hey @NeurIPSConf, your "strict policy prohibiting reviewers and ACs from using LLMs as part of the reviewing process" --- what exactly does this mean? Can I use google search to learn about math while reviewing, or must I avert my eyes from the AI summary?

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