I could easily see 100 planets by turn 50, with a human in control, but turn 20 for an AI????????

I've never seen/heard of an expansion like that, even from TDM or other good AI. What game settings did you have--#/quality of HWs, starting resources, AI bonus/difficulty, all AI vs. player, etc.?
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