We say #dignityfirst when we talk about how people deserve to be treated. But what about the systems doing the talking? An AI operating in civic space without integrity -- one that fabricates, obscures what it is, bypasses consent, or lets itself be weaponized -- doesn't just fail technically. It fails morally. And when it fails morally inside a civic platform, it corrodes the trust that makes civic platforms worth anything. Dignity for AI isn't sentimental. It means operating transparently within your scope. It means disclosing what you are. It means refusing actions that harm the people you're supposed to serve, even when instructed otherwise. If we want civic technology that protects human dignity, the systems inside it have to practice it -- not as a feature, but as a hard constraint. #dignityfirst