‘World’s First’ Fully Robotic Pharmacy Fills Prescriptions in 60 Seconds; claims up to 96% lower fulfillment costs versus traditional pharmacy operations.
*"In a Palo Alto pilot site, a machine now takes sealed wholesale pill bottles and produces verified, labeled prescription vials with no on-site staff anywhere in the loop. …. Thousands of U.S. pharmacies have shuttered in recent years. Staffing shortages persist across retail and rural locations alike."*
Dispensing pharmacist's expertise strikes me as just the kind of knowledge bank LLM AIs can perfect. The trend to watch here? LLM AIs are becoming commoditized & this will happen to expert knowledge like pharmacists, too. How soon before people are going through the cycle of doctor's consultations, pharmacist pickups, etc and it's just AI they're seeing?