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Sure, to a certain extent, algorithms are not so different than "strategies" that generals employ in response to enemy movements.

But the speed and execution of these strategies can be improved order of magnitudes as we replace more parts of the system with machines.

One can imagine Sun Tzu's chapter "Weak Points and Strong" discussing various heuristics and strategies to determine a combatant formation's weakest point. With machine algorithms, you could launch a similar probing attack instantaneously, and have the results analyzed and the striking attack coordinated before your enemy even hears the first reports of encounter.