# AI workforce shifts spark anxiety but offer opportunities

> AI changes create job anxiety but may boost opportunities for workers.
- Title: AI workforce shifts spark anxiety but offer opportunities
- Summary: AI changes create job anxiety but may boost opportunities for workers. New research shows AI could create more U.S. jobs than it replaces, but workers face…
- Keywords: workforce, mckinsey, job transition, cassandra worthy, rob price, wrkdog, ragu ai, frontier table, news, local, shifts, spark
- Source: 6abc Philadelphia — https://6abc.com/post/ai-driven-workforce-changes-create-anxiety-may-offer-opportunities/19941450
- Published: 2026-10-16T11:10:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai, workforce, mckinsey, job transition, cassandra worthy, rob price, wrkdog, ragu ai, frontier table, news, local
## New research shows AI could create more jobs
New research from McKinsey suggests the U.S. economy could create more jobs over the next decade than automation replaces.
## AI shift requires workforce transition
However, the shift could require millions of workers to transition into new roles as artificial intelligence reshapes the workforce.
## Cassandra Worthy on AI anxiety
Over the next five years, we will see more change than we have ever faced before.

> Over the next five years, we will see more change than we have ever faced before
## AI anxiety is real
Oh, AI anxiety is so real. And so many of us are feeling it.

> Oh, AI anxiety is so real. And so many of us are feeling it.
## Rob Price on AI productivity
AI will change most jobs, but not overnight.

> AI will change most jobs, but not overnight
## Price's tools for businesses
Through Wrk.Dog, Price said his goal is to help startups and small businesses run like big ones for next to nothing.
## AI can help workers adapt
What you do with it is up to you. You can start a new business for a fraction of the cost it used to.
## Key takeaway

New research shows AI could create more U.S. jobs than it replaces, but workers face anxiety about transitioning to new roles.