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This will be really funny, until you remember 99% of current super hyped AI stuff is running on Python
(slrpnk.net)
(Please don't lob rocks at me. I love Python.)
I highly recommend learning the language. You learn to think about problems from an entirely different perspective, effectively working backwards from the solution, and once you wrap your head around it, it becomes the clear choice for certain applications such as expert systems.