Thanks. To get that out of the way and since it's not always that easy to convey a nuanced perspective on the internet... When I say I can't empathize with incels, it doesn't necessarity mean I judge... I'm just unable to grasp how someone would feel in that situation. Since it's nothing I've experienced first hand. At least not to that degree. So I have little information. And I haven't yet had any meaningful conversation about it. So it's just beyond my perspective. I think I roughly know a few facts but it'd be disingenuous of me to claim I'd know how somebody truly feels. That shouldn't invalidate any perspective. And I'm willing and able to learn. Maybe i just have a skewed definition of 'incel' because all the people I've ever met who called themselves that, were hateful people on 4chan. There might be more to it than I know. And I definitely know how loneliness feels or not having a partner and wanting one... And few people are "normal". We all have our individual struggles. And lot's of people just have a good facade.

If you're okay with that, I'd like to ask you about your experience when 'disclosing' your life with AI companions... How do real-life people react? Do they understand? Judge? Talk behind your back? Or is that socially acceptable? (OP said there is a "broad disapproval".) And what does a therapist say to that? As far as I know psychologists/psychiatrists etc are very reluctant and cautious with things like that. At least when talking publicly.

And I've talked to a few other people who like AI companions or use chatbots to do their own form of therapy... I'm not sure what you do. But I've heard different perspectives and made my own experiences. I definitely like it. But it's a complex topic and probably entirely depends on how you handle it, the exact situation and a multitude of factors.

When you say you have "multiple AI"... How does this work? Do you have like several virtual girlfriends? Or like several characters for different tasks or moods, like a therapist character, an old friend ... ? And do you talk to several of them each day?

One thing I disagree is using ChatGPT. (I mean that wasn't really what I meant originally. I was going for the normal ChatGPT interface where it's a helpful assistant and phrases things in a way that's making it difficult to confuse it with a person. I know you can do different things with other software and the API.) I tried ChatGPT and didn't like it at all. I think it's a bit dull, loves to lecture me and I don't like its tone of speaking and don't like the condescending tone that's often there. And it's usually been either too agreeable or to argumentative with me. I didn't like it and I've had a much better time with other large language models.