Fortune December 14, 2021
NeurIPS, one of the most important A.I. conferences for academic research, wrapped up today. As always, the conference—held virtually this year—provides a good bellwether on the state-of-the-art and where the field may be heading.
First, the big picture: for the first time, the number of papers submitted for possible inclusion in the conference declined slightly, falling 3.5% to 9,122. Whether this indicates that the hype around A.I. is dissipating, or at least plateauing, or whether the drop is just a blip, is hard to say. At the same time, the number of papers selected for inclusion in the conference jumped more than 23% to 2,344, which is the most ever chosen. The acceptance rate, at 26%, was also slightly higher...
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