Babies & AI
Artificial intelligence is changing everything. But most AI development happens without any understanding of how young children think, learn, and interact — the very humans who will grow up in an AI-saturated world.
That is where Dr Caspar Addyman comes in.
A rare combination
Caspar brings together three things that are rarely found in the same person:
- A developmental psychologist with 20+ years studying how babies and young children learn — including a mathematics degree from Cambridge and a history of building neural networks to model infant cognition
- A practising AI professional, currently Chief Insights Officer at PlayTandem, an AI start-up building tools to support parent-child interaction in early childhood
- A recognised voice on the ethics of AI in early childhood — thinking carefully about what it means to design AI that interacts with the youngest and most vulnerable users
Work in practice: The LEGO Global Parenting Initiative
Caspar is part of the team building AI and machine learning tools for the LEGO Global Parenting Initiative — a major international effort to support positive parenting at scale. His contribution: a video annotation platform that uses machine learning to analyse parent-child interaction from video, making it possible to measure the quality of play and connection at population scale.
PlayTandem
As Chief Insights Officer at PlayTandem, Caspar helps shape how AI can support parents and young children — drawing on decades of research to ensure that what gets built is grounded in how development actually works.
Who Caspar works with
Caspar is particularly well placed to help:
- AI and tech companies building products for families, parents, or early childhood settings
- Early years organisations and practitioners exploring how AI tools can support children and families
- Researchers and policymakers thinking about AI's impact on early development and child wellbeing
- Media covering the intersection of AI, children, and family technology
Get in touch
If you are building AI products for families or young children — or thinking about the ethics and safety of AI interactions with young people — Caspar is the person you need in the room.
For academic publications and research outputs, see the Science page.