If your right and many options just are beyond the AI no matter how you alter it now then I hope MM reads this and alters the program, maybe adding a setting called AI type, each type using a program that is best at using certain types of tactics.
The most drastic improvements would have to be hard-coded in by Malfador, but one of the purposes of the AI Challenge is to see how well we, the gamers (modders), can improve or alter the AI with what we have.