Rebuttal Agents, Not Rebuttal Text: Why ‘Verify‑Then‑Write’ Is the Only Scalable Future
Rebuttal is where polite language goes to be cross-examined. A reviewer asks why the baseline is missing. Another says the theory is unclear. A third implies that the claimed novelty is, shall we say, generously interpreted. The authors have a few days to respond, and every sentence must do three jobs at once: answer the concern, avoid overclaiming, and preserve the paper’s strategic position. ...