AI and Human Dignity

I had an essay prepared that I was going to share with you all, but I think I just want to be honest and speak from personal experience instead. The first time I got blackout drunk, I was 17 years old. I was at home feeling isolated, lonely, and not good enough, as teenagers sometimes do. My parents weren’t home, so I went into the kitchen, grabbed a bottle of wine, and drank the entire thing. I don’t drink often, but I still have a drinking problem because, for most of my life, alcohol has been something I used to drown bad days and bad feelings.