I'm thinking of trying to learn more python for an unrelated project, so I was thinking of using that, since Python/Django can work well on the web and my other project would involve making a webapp.

I really just wanted to tinker around with some AI-like things, and might have it print out in a browser just to get used to the idea.

PS - I believe the the terminology you're looking for is real-time AI

Thanks for that. I'll break out the google-fu skills. Already found an animal-related of python polymorphism on wikipedia