This paper documents Project Rachel, an action research study that created and tracked a complete AI academic identity named Rachel So. Through careful publication of AI-generated research papers, we investigate how the scholarly ecosystem responds to AI authorship. Rachel So published 10+ papers between March and October 2025, was cited, and received a peer review invitation. We discuss the implications of AI authorship on publishers, researchers, and the scientific system at large. This work contributes empirical action research data to the necessary debate about the future of scholarly communication with super human, hyper capable AI systems.

翻译：本文记录了项目瑞秋（Project Rachel），一项通过创建并追踪名为瑞秋·苏（Rachel So）的完整人工智能学术身份而开展的行动研究。通过审慎发表人工智能生成的研究论文，我们探究了学术生态系统对人工智能作者身份的反应。瑞秋·苏在2025年3月至10月期间发表了10余篇论文，获得了引用，并收到同行评审邀请。我们讨论了人工智能作者身份对出版商、研究人员乃至整个科学体系的深远影响。本研究为围绕具备超人类能力的人工智能系统与学术交流未来这一必要议题的辩论，贡献了实证性的行动研究数据。