"Supertoys Last All Summer Long" is a science fiction short story by Brian Aldiss, first published in the UK edition of Harper's Bazaar, in its December 1969 issue.
[1] The story deals with humanity in an age of intelligent machines and of the aching loneliness endemic in an overpopulated future where child creation is controlled.
[2] In a dystopian future where only a quarter of the world's oversized human population is fed and living comfortably, families must request permission to bear children.
Henry tells them he believes that the new AI under production will finally solve humanity's problems with experiencing personal isolation and loneliness.
Monica is horrified by the letters but overjoyed when Henry arrives home and she is able to share with him that the family has been chosen to give birth to a child by the Ministry of Population.