aaai-writing-style

1# AAAI Writing Style
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3Use this to make a technically sound draft readable to a broad AI program committee. AAAI rewards
4clear AI contribution, not only subfield-specific benchmark wins.
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6## AAAI framing
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8- State the AI problem, the new capability or insight, and the evidence in the first page.
9- Make clear whether the contribution is method, theory, system, benchmark, dataset, evaluation,
10  human-AI interaction, social impact, or alignment.
11- Explain why the result matters outside a single dataset or implementation.
12- Keep claims aligned with the reproducibility checklist and supplementary evidence.
13- Discuss limitations and ethical considerations when the method affects people, safety, privacy,
14  fairness, security, or social impact.
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16## Two-column readability
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18- Use figures and tables as decision aids, not decoration.
19- Keep notation lightweight and define it near first use.
20- Use compact related-work contrasts instead of long literature catalogues.
21- Make the Phase 1 summary easy: problem, method, evidence, limitation, checklist compliance.
22- Avoid unsupported "general intelligence", "human-level", or "safe" claims.
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24## Reading the paper as a Phase-1 reviewer
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26A non-specialist on AAAI's broad committee gives the first page a few minutes and decides whether the
27paper is worth deeper reading. Write so that a planning or KR reviewer can summarize your learning
28contribution, and vice versa. Audit the opening against what that reader needs to extract fast.
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