Re: New To AI - Need Some Path

Jay wrote:
> 
> 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.

Try Prolog and start with small example programs. Several Prolog
freeware versions are available. SWI-Prolog is a good choice. Use Google
to find the differences between the several Prologs. This may give you
an indication of where the practical difficulties arise. Also, studying
the built-in Prolog Inference Engine is a very worthwhile thing to do.
Single-stepping through (possibly weird) Prolog code is instructive as
well.

Have fun.

Hans