In 1927, 29 of the greatest scientists of their time gathered in Brussels for the fifth Solvay Conference. Among them were Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Marie Curie, Erwin Schrödinger and Werner Heisenberg. At the heart of the conference was the newly developed theory of quantum mechanics, which completely overturned the classical certainties about how reality is structured. Nearly a hundred years later, Rector Jan Danckaert and VUB Professor Vincent Ginis return to that historic moment. What can the quantum revolution teach us about the transformation we are experiencing today with artificial intelligence? And how radically will AI change the way we think, learn and conduct scientific research?

Watch the video by Universiteit van Vlaanderen here