Reports of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence's 2023 Fall Symposium Series

During the final half-day of the AI-HRI symposium, the community was joined by the Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development (UR-RAD) symposium attendees to discuss needs, expectations, and preferences for future gatherings like TAHRI to maintain the welcoming, inclusive, and close community that has persisted throughout the ten years of AI-HRI. The AAAI Fall Symposium Series provided an opportunity ten years ago for researchers at the intersection of the fields of AI and HRI to come together in an attempt to identify where they belong when neither field's venues seemed to provide the correct fit for their research contributions, serving as a bridge between the two areas of study. As the community met and learned from each other over the past ten iterations of the symposium, it became clearer that AI-HRI is a unique field of study that is equally important to both fields and their venues--more importantly, these gatherings fostered a strong, supportive community that recognizes the challenges that their colleagues face trying to understand AI problems in HRI domains, as well as HRI problems surfacing as AI becomes more ubiquitous in society. Everyone wanted more time in break-out discussions due to the wonderful, productive conversations and networking, which is a testament to the community's positive and comfortable engagement between both familiar and new faces. Although the tenth anniversary marked the last AI-HRI at the AAAI Fall Symposium Series, the opportunities that the venue offered have made this the beginning of a new community.