There are two things to predict: whether there will be a branch, and if so, to where.

Does the economics of AI hold up?

No matter the leaps in bandwidth, the latency remains the same. Also, with PCIe switches used in AI servers, the latency (and jitter) is even pronounced.

One last winter

An FPGA is programmed every time it’s turned on.

Without access to hardware, you don't do much.

Do you sponsor visas?

Yup.

Maybe let people choose. Either leetcode or take home.

I predict not. There.

Surely if AI can do the work, even the companies themselves will be in risk of folding. Why need Apple when the AI can write operating systems in a snap.

Yes, they probably would be at risk of being commodified, so it ends up not being an AI-tech-dominated society, but a landowner dominated society.