Comment by bitwize

I'm reminded of Dwarf Fortress, which simulates thousands of years of dwarf world time, the changing landscapes and the rise and fall and rise and fall of dwarf kingdoms, then drops seven player-controlled dwarves on the map and tells the player "have fun!" It'd be a useful toy model perhaps for identifying areas of investigation to see if it can predict behavior of real civilizations, but I'm not seeing any AI breakthroughs here.

Maybe when Project Sid 6.7 comes out...