My question however is, why would i trust the "second opinion" of an online professional over that of a doctor WHO ACTUALLY EXAMINED ME in person?
You can take both, there is no this or that. The AI makes a suugestion and the doctor says, agree or not agree.
It happens sometimes, that a doctor dont think that you could have this rare tropical disease, but the AI could make this suggestion and the doc. could say, yes this has to be investigated.
idk how long it lasts that people accept that AI is cleverer then the human brain