Is there any way to get the barbarian ai to stop laming?

I'm trying to get better at this game and I find playing against the barbarian ai on hard to be really helpful. It plays like a human player with drushes, archer and scout rushes, and adjusts it's strategy depending on its civ.

However every alternate game it lames my boar. This is really annoying as it obviously puts me in a severe disadvantage right from the beginning. I don't have anything against laming but it's not helpful when you're trying to get your basic builds and strategies down. Is there anyway to get the barbarian ai to not lame me?