I just came across a curious observation about the AI conference submission trends this year. It looks like we've hit over 13,000 submissions for AICon 2024 already! To put that in perspective, last year, the figure was around 9,000. Are more researchers jumping into the field, or is there another reason for this surge?
I wonder if this increase is due to the growing popularity of large language models like GPT-4 and Claude, which have simplified a lot of AI text generation tasks and might be encouraging more experimentation and research. On the flip side, this could also mean greater competition for getting our works accepted.
Anyone else noticing this trend in their respective areas? How are you planning to stand out in such a saturated space? Would love to hear thoughts and strategies!
