If the AI would accept war ending results other than genocide and total surrender, things like this wouldn't be an issue. Not too many wars end with the total obliteration of one side. The AI should be able to offer some kind of a tribue and a non-agression treaty if its losing badly, then it would rarely be placed in so bad a situation that it needed to surrender completely.
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