Welcome to the experiment.
This course does not begin with the assumption that we already know how Artificial Intelligence should be used in the teaching of Quantum Mechanics. On the contrary, it begins with the conviction that we do not yet know — and that this uncertainty must be investigated with the same rigor we apply to Physics itself.
Throughout the semester, you will find that AI is not presented here as a solution or a shortcut. It is used as a metacognitive research instrument. At times it will clarify; at others, it will confuse; and often it will reveal precisely where our own intuition fails. This cognitive friction is not a flaw of the course; it is its central object of study.
Nothing on this site should be read as a finished pedagogical method or a ready-made instructional recipe. The Quantum Mirror is an ongoing experiment, conducted under real classroom conditions. This means that you are not merely a student, but a co-investigator. Your questions, your errors, your critiques of AI outputs, and your moments of uncertainty are essential data for understanding how learning unfolds in this new landscape.
For this reason, the autonomy of your thinking is fundamental. The assessment system — with a predominant weight on the S-Score, based on autonomous reasoning — is not punitive, but experimental. It acts as a safeguard, ensuring that neither students nor instructors can hide behind Artificial Intelligence, allowing its role to be critically examined rather than concealed.
Use the AIs. Question them. Compare them. But above all, audit them. If, by the end of the course, you have learned not only Quantum Mechanics, but also when to distrust a polished and convincing explanation, then this experiment will have fulfilled its purpose.
This is not merely a Physics course.
It is an inquiry into how to think rigorously in a world where AI is already part of the intellectual environment.
Welcome.
