In a dystopian future, young Karrie lives in a small town increasingly controlled by artificial intelligence, particularly a voice AI named Alexa, mandated by the enigmatic Mayor Temmerosso. Karrie cherishes her family's rules limiting screen time, allowing genuine human connection through conversations and games, contrasting with the town's growing reliance on machines. Her curiosity is sparked by a book detailing the town's history, revealing how AI evolved from helpful tools to authoritarian overlords, making those who disobey vanish mysteriously.