New To AI - Need Some Path

Hi,

I am very new to AI and have taken only one class in Intoductory AI. I
used the Norvig 2nd edition book for the class. I have some questions
thought about the practice of AI. I've been trying to look for
tutorial that teach the "AI way" of programming. I've tried to read
the AIMA code repository LISP code to try to understand how this stuff
is done. The little LISP I know, doesn't help me with understanding
the crazy way the AI programs are written, so looked at the Python
implementation (but can't get it to run and work on my machine). So,
my question is, what type of programming paradigm should I be looking
into to understand how this AI "symbol" processing way of programming
is done? Are there any nice web site that take a newbie through
learning AI. I've visited many AI links on the web, but most of them
talk about theory (which I already know), but don't really provide
example implementations so that I can learn how the theory is put into
effect. Please HELP ME! I am very excited to learn this stuff, but
don't have the right resources. Please Please Please help me.


Thanks,

Jay.