AI conferences are debating whether metareviews should come before rebuttals

xwang_lk · x · 2026-07-24

Researchers are debating a review-process change at an AI conference: metareviews are being handled differently than in HCI venues, where they usually appear before rebuttals to guide what authors should emphasize.

The reply argues that in AI conferences this is being done for the first time, and that the HCI approach would make more sense because metareviews are meant to shape rebuttals, not follow them.

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