AAAI Presidential Panel – AI Reasoning

Summary

The panel, moderated by former AAAI President Francesca Rossi, examined AI reasoning as outlined in the AAAI’s 2025 Future of AI Research report. Experts Holger Hoos and Subbarao Kambhampati discussed how to define and implement reasoning in AI, emphasizing planning methods, model training strategies, and the importance of selecting appropriate AI products without over‑mimicking human cognition. They highlighted the need for formal guarantees and cautioned against overly human‑like reasoning models, while also looking ahead to future research directions in trustworthy and scalable reasoning systems.