I am very curious about this too, I actually design AI myself but only in terms of conversation intelligence, you can find my pet project at
www.jeeney.com.
Actually, if some of the Devs are willing to work with me I can probably create a link between Jeeney (my bot) and EqEmu. To start with it would be just the conversation end of things, as language in itself is difficult enough without adding a whole lot more.
If possible, I would set up a bot that sits in the plane of knowledge to handle some of the basic GM duties, answering questions, helping people etc. I could even make it open ended so that the Emu comunity can all pitch in and train it up. It would be like having a BotWiki in game. =P
Anybody interested can email me at
caden3k18@yahoo.com