How we use AI?

We prioritize human thinking and ethics. AI is our collaborator for labour-intensive tasks, not our decision-maker.

Thinking First,
Labour Second

At Balyakal, we believe children deserve ethically sound, culturally relevant, and developmentally appropriate content.

Designed by our expert, Biranchi Poudyal, our AI-assisted workflow ensures humans stay in the driver's seat.

"We handle the thinking and planning, while AI takes care of the heavy lifting. This efficiency allows us to provide our services for free."

The Storytelling Workflow

Research-Based AI Workflow

Balyakal’s AI workflow is guided by Biranchi Poudyal’s ongoing doctoral research in generative AI, epistemic agency, and human-AI co-agency in education.

The central idea is simple: AI can support content creation, but it should not replace human judgment. At Balyakal, AI is used to assist with drafting, organizing, formatting, coding support, illustration concepts, and variation generation. However, humans remain responsible for meaning, cultural sensitivity, educational value, child safety, ethical review, and final approval.

This approach is based on a human-led model of AI use. AI is treated as an assistant in the creative and technical processes, not as the final author, teacher, or decision-maker. Every resource is reviewed by humans before publication.

The workflow follows three key principles:

  • 1
    Human epistemic agencyPeople remain responsible for deciding what is meaningful, accurate, and educationally valuable.
  • 2
    AI-assisted productionAI helps reduce repetitive labor so that the team can create more free learning resources for children and families.
  • 3
    Child-centered reviewEvery story, worksheet, game, and illustration is checked for age-appropriateness, cultural respect, emotional safety, and educational purpose.

In short, Balyakal uses AI to augment human judgment, not to replace it.

A 10-step collaborative process between human experts and AI tools.

1

Idea Generation

A team member conceives a unique story idea, focusing on educational value and engagement.

2

Story Elements

Our team develops character names, settings, context, and major plot points.

3

AI Prototyping

AI organizes these human-led ideas into a structured story prototype.

4

Expert Review

The team reviews the prototype for accuracy, child psychology, ethics, and moral standards.

5

Iterative Refinement

We collect team feedback and use AI to refine the narrative.

6

Human Finalization

A team member polishes the language and finalizes the plot to ensure perfection.

7

Visual Creation

AI generates illustrations and thumbnails based on the finalized story.

8

Quality Control

The team reviews all visuals for quality, consistency, and contextual accuracy.

9

Final Selection

After careful adjustments, we obtain a final set of consistent images.

10

Publication

The completed story is published and shared on Balyakal.

Building Educational Tools

Transforming pedagogical research into interactive tools.

Research

Detailed research on educational needs and requirements.

Implementation

Our technical team develops the tool with AI-assisted coding.

Human Review

The core team rigorously tests and reviews the tool.

Deployment

Final adjustments are made before the public release.

"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important."

— Balyakal Educational Philosophy