Tanta Simulator

potentially, does someone actually need what I'm doing?

I bless you with fighting spirit. The main thing is to keep the motivation. This is a very interesting topic.

If we consider it ultimately for implementing AI in the game. But it's unlikely to be achievable through simple brute force.

Purely in terms of wishes: it would be cool if all this were applied in practice and the AI could play at the level of a weak online player (the kind who builds capitols and "wipes 7 computers in an alliance") )

From solid combat mechanics to setting priorities on the map. Crypts-cons-Dragon Utopia, etc.

By the way, think about distributed computing. On something like boinc, for example. Maybe some people will be willing to support you with hardware (video cards).

In case of success, this would revive interest in single-player at the very least. It would become interesting to play scenarios again!
And in online, it would force people to treat a bot more respectfully, rather than just getting 1000 or +2 for free. I'll wait; I won't take a bot on the first turn, let him build me a muni (c)