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I Built an App With My 8-Year-Old in 3 Hours to Start Her Early on AI
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Boo Kok Chuon, the chief operating officer of a law firm in Singapore. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Since early last year, we took a bold step in introducing ChatGPT to Kiki, our 8-year-old daughter.
I Built an App With My 8-Year-Old in 3 Hours to Start Her Early on AI ...
As told to Lee Chong Ming You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Boo Kok Chuon started his 8-year-old daughter early on AI. Boo Kok Chuon 2026-04-20T00:08:01.233Z Boo Kok Chuon and his 8-year-old daughter made an app in three hours using various AI tools. He told Business Insider that he wanted to start his kid early on AI, given how technology is progressing. Still, he places guardrails and takes a cautious approach when introducing AI systems to his kid. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Boo Kok Chuon, the chief operating officer of a law firm in Singapore. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Since early last year, we took a bold step in introducing ChatGPT to Kiki, our 8-year-old daughter.We thought that we should start our kid early, given how technology is progressing these days.She has been frequently communicating with her own ChatGPT. Whenever she faces an issue, she will go to ChatGPT to ask for a solution.Once she spilled a drink on a shirt and she felt bad. She asked ChatGPT how to resolve it. She also asked ChatGPT how to take care of her turtles. Then we tried something bigger.Vibe coding an app togetherWe built a companion app for our physical game Mu Jong, a music-learning mahjong-style game. We did it within three hours.We used a combination of generative AI tools, including ChatGPT for prompt development and logic structuring, Base 44 for interface development, and Nano Banana Pro for visual assets.The app has a score tracker, a keyboard music feature, and a countdown timer. Kiki conceptualized the features and guided the process, while I supported her in structuring prompts and translating her ideas into instructions for the AI tools.We created a mascot for our app. Kiki drew out the mascot on a piece of paper. It was quite a crappy drawing, but once you upload the photo into the AI, it will beautify it. She tried it, and was like: '"Wow, it's like magic." Suddenly, her drawing looked commercially ready.I also guided her. I told her: "You have to say the purpose of the drawing, and what you want to use this mascot for." We refined the drawing based on further prompting the AI.Children should be exposed to AI earlyIt is very important for kids — especially like Kiki — to be exposed to AI. Of course, human input is still required for review.She was born into a privileged generation in which technology was already very advanced. Nowad...
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