Originally Posted by
stilton
Disagree,
War at its most basic level is won by killing more of their people than they kill yours
Maybe at it's basic you are correct .But in the evolution of warfare from the castle keep scenario where a castle (or Genghis Khan sack the city) is taken and all are slaughtered to prevent retribution, to opposing armies facing off against each other in an open field whilst the populace is entertained on the hillside, to total war of which civilians are included an AI evolution might just be less brutal. You can see when one side has depleted it’s AI resources the only option is surrender as when faced with superior AI against human opponents it’s a no win.