Interesting. I sometimes mentor junior / aspiring devs on a site, and have seen that many of them seem to be trying to get on to the bandwagon you mention; some of them don't even have good experience with basic programming, and are still trying to do machine learning / data science MOOCs, bootcamps or courses on free sites. Some of them seem to be trying to learn programming at the same time as data science / machine learning. Don't think that is going to work out well for them. Many of them seem to in it for the supposed bonanza. Wanting to get a well-paying job is fine in itself, but many of them seem to be trying to shortcut the learning process, either due to ignorance or just because they don't want to spend a lot of time.
Here's an example I came across on that site, that shows what I mean --- someone put in a request: "I want to build an advanced app and I don't know where to start."
Hey Wow. Hoo Boy (or Girl). Maybe you should start by learning the basics, get some work experience, and only then try to pull a Zark Muckerberg or a Bacefook.
Edit: grammar.