Unironically, maybe they should be scored by LLMs? My first thought was that the reviewers could score the papers but that would lead to even more group-think.

Unironically, maybe they should be scored by LLMs? My first thought was that the reviewers could score the papers but that would lead to even more group-think. Ideally whoever is paying the academics should just be paying attention to their work and its worth, but that would be crazy.