In a future where AI-assisted labor is the norm, a veteran fieldworker, Tita, reluctantly employs an AI humanoid to harvest strawberries, only to spark the interest of the technology's creators when their machines struggle to match her physical abilities.
The Ballad of Tita and the Machines
An elderly strawberry picker, forced to retire due to injury, decides to hire an AI Humanoid to take her place, inadvertently drawing the attention of the technology's creators when their AI workers fail to meet the demands of her grueling job.