The discussion about how some players build Sensor Ships got me to thinking.
I am not sure how the AI determines the value of a ship. But One of the things that I would love to see is that any ship design that a Player makes, be saved as an AI template ship.
If I play Race X and build a sweet carrier support ship in game 1
I would expect that the AI playing Race X in game 2 might be able to use that design to come and kick my butt all over the starmap.
Or it could just let the AI "learn" in a way from the player and open up the possible ships a little more.