Editorial: AAAI Is Now the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

National scientific societies removes potential limitations imposed by the are evolving to serve their international old name as we move forward in an increasingly constituencies, and in doing so, have come to global scientific environment. We have reconsider their roles, their purposes, their consulted with many of our sibling AI societies. This is such an of our activities as a consequence of the occasion for AAAI as it embarks on its second name change. The proposal initially received enthusiastic AAAI's membership has strong international support from the AAAI Executive Council (una - representation. The same is true of the contributors nimous with one abstention), and the Strategic to, and attendees of, AAAI, and AAAIsponsored, Planning Committee, consisting of all past conferences, symposia, tutorials, presidents and current presidential officers of and workshops.