[Wahnsinniger]

It Would be amazing.

Building a learning AI into a game as complex as Dominions would both give very rewarding results, and also would be painfully difficult to program. GOOD Artificial Intelligence is about the hardest thing to program in any game. One reason so many games now-a-days rely on Multiplayer modes is because developers like to cop-out and skimp on the AI. Stardock focused big time on AI in Galactic Civilizations 2 and actually succeeded, but they didn't include multiplayer as a result. (Not complaining though) Considering one of the strengths of Dominions is its vast content, the devs need to keep focusing their limited resources on that, and fixing bugs; not building an uber AI.

As for Satistical modeling, I thing you're kinda refering to a Neural-Net thing. Neural Nets are bad. Very Bad. Not worth the effort for game which sports a rich multiplayer community (of which I've yet to play a MP game, since they all seem to be "started" or "Full", Does anyone ever friggin start a new one?)

Sorry to say, but if you want Human-like opponents...play against humans. Not bashing your ideas though, Learning AI WOULD be great.