Xiuyu Li(@sheriyuo):Google's Paper Assistant tries to automate the error-detection part of scientific review. The system optimizes for finding errors and reviewing manuscripts rather than generating science, which is the inverted target most reasoning work skips. If most papers are partly machine-written and the reviewer is also a machine, the human is squeezed out of both ends, and quality becomes whatever two models agree on. Towards Automating Scientific Review with Google's Paper Assistant Tool Paper:

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Xiuyu Li@sheriyuo

2026.06.29 03:35

Google's Paper Assistant tries to automate the error-detection part of scientific review. The system optimizes for finding errors and reviewing manuscripts rather than generating science, which is the inverted target most reasoning work skips. If most papers are partly machine-written and the reviewer is also a machine, the human is squeezed out of both ends, and quality becomes whatever two models agree on. Towards Automating Scientific Review with Google's Paper Assistant Tool Paper: