Are you sure you want to start excluding and limiting this field? Part of the higher salaries is hype not necessarily value. That brings in the crowd who download change a parameter or two. They are not making world-wide breakthroughs but through that simple act they understand how things work better and can make more informed decisions around this topic.

Any company who hires based on a simple hello world might be the company that doesn't even know why they want ml but follow the trend. This person might be the best candidate because they can think about ml on a slighly deeper level than the company and can help bridge that first step. They probably know the buzzwords, what's hot that's important to marketing.