Introduction
Cem Arslan learned to test learning tools between naps, laundry and the short silence after his twins finally fell asleep. People called his time at home a pause. He did not experience it that way. The day was full of problems products usually ignore.
Cem lives in Nuremberg and develops AI teaching materials for primary schools and parent associations. His entry into AI began at the kitchen table, with homework questions and too little uninterrupted time.
Story of the Path into AI
Cem helped his children and neighbours’ children with schoolwork. Many digital tools were either too dry or too uncontrolled. AI interested him when it could offer alternative explanations without immediately replacing the adult beside the child.
As a househusband, he often had to defend the seriousness of his work. He learned prompting, simple app development and child-friendly didactics in short windows between childcare and household tasks. His first project was a learning-card system that generated questions on everyday science topics in three difficulty levels and gave parents hints for accompanying the conversation.
The first version overexplained and sounded as if every family had a quiet study room. Cem rewrote examples around kitchens, buses, playgrounds and tired evenings.
Current Work
Today Cem creates materials for schools and parent groups that want to use AI safely. In one reading exercise, the system does not grade the child. It offers alternative explanations and small conversation prompts for the adult.
Parents who feel insecure themselves receive tools to support learning without pretending to be experts. Cem sees this as the central point: AI should not remove adults from learning. It should make it easier for them to stay present.
Personal Advice
“Care work is not a career hole. It shows you problems real products could solve,” Cem says. He advises parents and caregivers to trust the precision of their daily observations.
Key Facts
Age and place: 32, Nuremberg.
Background: househusband, twins, care work as a source of product ideas.
Entry into AI: learning-card system with three difficulty levels and parent notes.
Focus today: family-oriented educational AI.
Typical tools: language models, learning cards, simple apps.
Werkstattnotiz
Cem keeps a list of prompts written while one child was crying. They are short, impatient and very useful. They remind him that family tools must work under tired conditions. His next test asks whether a parent can understand the output while making dinner.