An AI can act in any way you want without having 'knowledge' of human concepts.
AlphaStar can play in a variety of style, from defensive to very agressive, and yet has no understanding of concepts or values.
I think I see the issue, 'knowledge' and 'understanding' are loaded terms. The AI needs to behave as though it understands these things [if it's to be fun], but does not need to in fact 'understand' or 'know' these things.