[peraspera]

This is how I want them to use AI in the coming game: give me a prompt to ask questions about my civilisation and everyone else's.

* Which one of my industrial zones has no workshops yet? * What luxury resources am I receiving via trade? And with which players? * What bonuses am I getting from the wonders I've built?

I can get all that information myself, but it takes a lot of clicking around - provided that I remember where to source it. Make it a Q&A, and playing the game will feel much less like working with spreadsheets.

[acdha]

That would be really neat if you could use that to have advisors who don’t feel so pointless - let you give instructions, perhaps with a confirmation rather than having to micromanage the things which don’t matter as much (“build x, y, and z in cities which have lots of culture and aren’t near the border”).

[Linosaurus]

That’s a really good fit, seems chat AIs would be really good at it.

Next we’ll have a game where that’s the only interface for this information, and enemy spies makes it lie to you.

[BlueTemplar]

We use spreadsheets because they are extremely good for this, what you suggest seems like a downgrade (at least for those examples).

I would prefer more open games so that it's much easier to run queries like this myself.