As I have written the proposal, it applies to anyone applying for an employment visa in the US in any industry. Someone in a foreign country who wants to move to the US would not have to decide to focus on AI in order to move to the US; they may choose any pathway that they believe would induce a US employer to sponsor them, or that they believe the US government would approve through self-petitioning pathways in the EB-1 and EB-2 NIW.
Having said that, I expect that AI-focused graduates will be especially well placed to secure an employment visa, but it does not directly focus on rewarding those graduates. Consequently I concede you are right about the incentive generated, though I think the broad nature of the proposal mitigates against that concern somewhat.
As I have written the proposal, it applies to anyone applying for an employment visa in the US in any industry. Someone in a foreign country who wants to move to the US would not have to decide to focus on AI in order to move to the US; they may choose any pathway that they believe would induce a US employer to sponsor them, or that they believe the US government would approve through self-petitioning pathways in the EB-1 and EB-2 NIW.
Having said that, I expect that AI-focused graduates will be especially well placed to secure an employment visa, but it does not directly focus on rewarding those graduates. Consequently I concede you are right about the incentive generated, though I think the broad nature of the proposal mitigates against that concern somewhat.