of “One of the potential side effects of AI?extinction of mankind” [Thursday Opinion, Sept. 1], Émile P. Torres explained the fears and benefits of artificial intelligence. Its “Artificial Super Intelligence” (ASI) can develop wisdom. Human intelligence has, for the most part, been applied to ignoring it. ASI may be able to teach humans the survival value of immediate accountability for our freedoms and actions. May all people be created equal and endowed with certain rights. We are free to do whatever we want, but we are not free from violating “the laws of nature and the gods of nature.”