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The report from the AI + TCS Working Group held at the @simonsinstitute.bsky.social is out, including "twelve concrete near-term recommended actions." Currently reading it: while I have some reservations, but there is some good in it! Notably items 7, 8, and 11. simons.berkeley.edu/ai-tcs-worki...

Obviously recommendation 4 (that papers must be submitted to arXiv) caught my eye. Two concerns: (a) arXiv moderators sometimes reject a submission and ask authors to go through peer review before reconsideration. This is usually done for major problems or poor writing. But it could place authors

in a Catch-22. In effect, they won't be able to submit to any other conference that also requires ArXiv submission. (b) arXiv will need more moderators in TCS-related categories to handle the increased load. (We need more in math.CO right now, as it is receiving 100s of AI-assisted submissions.)