Rephrasing the original Question
The original question (as written) kinda makes it look like the guy is: 1) trying to over-simplify deep problems of AI; and 2) Looking for a 'complete solution'. Both of these is really not the case.
What I was really getting at, is whether there are some "brute force" strategies to help someone change BEFORE into AFTER, while minimizing the amount of 'hand editing' necessary. Yes, AI is complicated, and I guess so is trying to formulate a question to find ways around it ;-)