aaai-author-response

1# AAAI Author Response
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3Use this after AAAI reviews are released. AAAI rebuttal space is scarce: the AAAI-26 FAQ allowed a
4single 2500-character response, disallowed URLs, and discouraged new results. **AAAI-27 has not yet
5published its own rebuttal FAQ** — its author feedback window is 2026-10-19 to 10-25 — so treat those
6limits as the prior cycle's shape and reopen the current FAQ before drafting.
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8## Triage
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10- Respond to decision-critical factual errors first.
11- Address human reviews and AI-generated review points when they affect the SPC/AC decision.
12- Do not spend space on tone, score fairness, or reviewer motivation.
13- Do not include URLs if current rules forbid them.
14- Do not introduce new experiments or results. Explain existing evidence, clarify omissions, or
15  state why requested experiments are not needed.
16- If supplementary files were missing or corrupted, acknowledge the limitation; AAAI has not
17  permitted updates at rebuttal time, and the supplementary deadline (2026-07-31 for AAAI-27) closed
18  months before feedback opens.
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20## What moves an AAAI score
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22Author feedback at AAAI is read by human reviewers and weighed in SPC/AC discussion, not by the
23non-decisional AI review. With one short response and no second round, spend every character on the
24concern most likely to flip a borderline decision. Triage each reviewer point into a lane:
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26- Factual error that, if uncorrected, sinks the paper: answer first, cite the submitted anchor.
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